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The Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN): from concept to practice.

increasing rates of overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, alongside persistent undernutrition. This current paradigm requires expanded efforts — both in the volume and nature of ...

Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala.

obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCD s) in the countries. The aim of the study was to determine the extent of food environment policy implementation in Guatemala and to identify and prioritize actions ...

Availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in modern retail outlets located in selected districts of Greater Accra Region, Ghana.

Behavior Diet environment Fast Foods Ghana Abstract: BACKGROUND: Intake of unhealthy foods is linked to the onset of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD s). Availability of unhealthy ...

Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Protocol

8 (2021) Abstract: Background: This study describes the rationale, adaptation, and final protocol of a project developed to address the increase in obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases ...

The potential of food environment policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diets and to improve healthy diets among lower socioeconomic groups: an umbrella review.

non-communicable diseases. The potential of food environment policies to reduce such inequalities has to date however not been appraised. The objective of this umbrella review was to assess the impact of food ...

Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations.

public health Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Unhealthy food environments drive the increase of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCD s). OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine healthy food environment policies in ...

Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts' assessment of government action.

Holdsworth Source: Food Policy, Volume 93 (2020) Abstract: Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NR- NCD s) are a global health problem, increasingly recognised as driven by unhealthy food environments. ...

Generating the evidence for risk reduction: a contribution to the future of food-based dietary guidelines.

is that the results are better interpretable compared with nutrients or complex dietary patterns. Such results are also easier to transfer into recommendations on primary prevention of non-communicable ...

Use of ddPCR for preparation of in house controls for GMO screening

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: N. Papazova Source: NRL-GMO Communication group, NA, Issue NRL-GMO/FAVV, NA (2015) Keywords: Communication Control ddCPR GMO ...

Relevance of new high-tech tools in GMOs detection

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Marie-Alice Fraiture Source: NRL-GMO communication group, WIV-ISP, Brussels, Belgium (2014) Keywords: Relevance of new ...

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