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Project Launch Presentations

MEALS4NCDs Project Overview by Dr. Amos Laar

Food Promotion by Dr. Stefanie Vandevijvere

Food Provision by Professor Mary L’Abbe

Assessing Community Readiness by Professor Michelle Holdsworth

FERN 2020 Virtual Meeting

1st Africa Food Environment Research Network Meeting (FERN 2020)
November 3 - 5 2020, Accra, Ghana

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FERN 2020 Presentations
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News & Events / Articles

  • Could food-related health taxes change food choices in Ghana?
  • Launch of the “1St Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN) Nov 3, 2020
  • Food parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
  • The COVID-19 Pandemic: potential long-term impacts on the nutritional status of Ghanaian children
  • Important Notice! FERN 2020 Meeting: COVID-19 Alert

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  • The INFORMAS Framework
  • INFORMAS in Ghana
  • Ghana Healthy Food Environment Policy Index Technical Report

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More recently, there has been a greater focus on the food environment (FE) as a key determinant of health. Available evidence shows that unhealthy food environments drive unhealthy diets; unhealthy diet is one of four main risk factors for NCDs. This project will measure and support public sector actions that create healthy food marketing and food provision environments for children and adolescents to prevent obesity nutrition-related NCDs.

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