Category: Global health

Exploring how climate adaptation strategies can meaningfully influence dietary quality and metabolic outcomes in Nigeria.

NCDs are a growing concern in Nigeria, driven by tobacco use, alcohol consumption, poor diet, and physical inactivity. Young people and vulnerable groups are disproportionately affected yet often excluded from designing and evaluating interventions.

Limiting food varieties for diabetic diets risks malnutrition and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Strategies to reduce the risks of diabetes should combine education in nutrition and agriculture.

Evaluating the role of carbohydrate reduction in the prevention and management of obesity and reversal of type 2 diabetes in Africa.

Investigating the socio-economic and cultural influences on self-management and control of type 2 diabetes in Kenya.

Ghana is experiencing a nutrition transition with transitioning dietary habits and sedentary lifestyles related to urban demographic change.