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FERN 2020 Virtual Meeting

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

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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
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Food Environment Research
MEALS4NCDs Prevention Project, the Dietary Transitions in Ghanaian/African Cities Projects, and others partner to deliver National Multi-Stakeholder Nutrition Forum and Ghana’s 1st National Nutrition Conference

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

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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