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Measuring the healthiness of Ghanaian children\u2019s food environments to prevent obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases<\/h1>\n

Like many countries in Africa, Ghana is experiencing an increase in obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Current statistics for Ghana indicate that annually, NCDs account for about 43% of all deaths. It has long been recognized that the physical and social environments \u2013 in which we live, work, and eat are critical determinants of health. More recently, there has been a greater focus on the food environment (FE) as a key determinant of health. We do know that unhealthy food environment drives unhealthy diets; unhealthy diet is one of four main risk factors for NCDs.\u00a0 Code-named \"MEALS4NCDs Project\", <\/strong>this project will provide M<\/strong>easurement\u00a0E<\/strong>valuation,\u00a0A<\/strong>ccountability and\u00a0L<\/strong>eadership\u00a0S<\/strong>upport (MEALS<\/strong>) for NCDs prevention in Ghana and beyond.\u00a0 Currently, the project is focused on measuring and supporting public sector actions that create healthy food marketing and food provisioning environments for children and adolescents in Ghana, with the aim to prevent obesity nutrition-related NCDs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Project Overview <\/h4>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t

Like many countries in Africa, Ghana is experiencing an increase in obesity and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more <\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Project Team <\/h4>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t

This project is a collaboration between 10 researchers from 7 academic and research institutions across Ghana, Kenya, Netherlands, France and Belgium.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more <\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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Project Reports<\/h4>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t

The MEALS4NCDs project reports cover all activities; the project\u2019s technical work packages, the capacity building workshops and many more others<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee reports <\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Hot Off the Press<\/h3>\n
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This library provides access to a curated set of publications authored by the MEALS4NCDs research team and from associated projects. The resources in this section are relevant to food environment research in Africa and other Low-and Middle-Income countries worldwide. This publication's library will be updated periodically.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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