This booklet is a compilation of research abstracts presented at #FERN2023 and categorized into four main themes:
- Food System Actors & Policy Opportunities and Gaps
- Food Environment Monitoring & Innovative Approaches
- Food Choice & Diet Quality
- Nutrition and Health
Discover concise descriptions of the noteworthy papers presented at the FERN2023 abstract session and get acquainted with the team of researchers involved. Some research presentations have been recorded and are accessible below for further exploration. Feel free to delve into them for additional insights.
Apologies as not all recordings were recovered.
- Track A: Food System Actors & Policy (Opportunities and Gaps) (Chair: Zandile Mchiza (SMRC))
- Pauline Nakitende: Barriers And Facilitators to Policy Implementation in The Food Environment in Uganda
- Hibbah Osei-Kwasi: The Effectiveness of Food Marketing Restrictions Policies: An Overview
- Olawale F. Olaniyan: Evaluation Of Institutional Capacities of The Gambia Indigenous Livestock Multipliers’ Associations in Ensuring a Sustainable Food System
- Reynald Santos: Identifying Priority Actions for The Creation of Healthy Food Environments Through Public Policies in Benin
- Carmen Klinger: Recommendations For and Best Practices by The Formal Food Industry to Address Undernutrition and the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Scoping Review
- Tamryn Frank: Food Industry Expenditure on Television Marketing: A Cross-Country Comparison in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Track B: Food Environment Monitoring & Innovative Approaches (Chair: Ali Jafri (UM6SS))
- Christopher Turner: Capturing The Moment: A Snapshot Review of Contemporary Food Environment Research Featuring Participatory Photography Methods
- Adrien Dogo: Characterization And Challenges of Food Environments of Children Under-five in North Benin Drylands
- Elizabeth Okonkwo: Assessment Of Retail Food Environment and Dietary Diversity Among Undergraduate Students in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike
- Nicole Holliday: Drivers And Levers of The Double Burden of Malnutrition in South Africa: Protocol for A Complex Systems Mapping Exercise
- Helen Bour: Food Systems Mapping: A Scoping Review of Challenges and Innovations In Ghana’s Coastal Areas
- Mrignyani Sehgal: Scoping Review: Food Environment in Tanzania
- Annabel Yeboah-Nkrumah: Research on food environments in Africa: a mapping exercise
- Track C: Food Choice & Diet Quality (Chair: Milkah Wanjohi)
- Samukelisiwe Madlala: A Scoping Review on The Relationship Between Adult Food Choices, Local Retail Food Environments and Food Access in Resource-Poor Communities
- Julia Liguori: Menus And Meals Served to School Pupils in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region: A Secondary Analysis
- Sejla Isanovic: Alignment Between Food-Safety Policies and Perspectives of Consumers in Three African Countries
- Wilhemina Quarpong: An Analysis of Food Provisioning Policies and Programmes in Government Basic Schools in Ghana
- Morgan Boncyk: Animal Source Food Consumption and Allocation in Low-income Households in Nairobi County, Kenya
- Janosch Klemm: Increased food budget is associated with shift towards dietary risk factors for NCDs among adolescents in the urban food environment.
- Track D: Nutrition and Health (Chair: Carolyn Auma (UL))
- Mulalo Kenneth Muhali: Multimedia Entertainment Nutrition Health Intervention: Lessons from A Pilot Project in South Africa
- Karen Morris: Increasing Resilience to The Sars-Cov-2 Virus and Other Health Threats In Food Insecure Communities
- Akhona Nkwanyana: Scoping Review Protocol Exploring the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Mental Health, And Diet Intake Among Adolescents Across the Globe.
- Alfred Apubuos Azure: Child Nutrition and Health Indicators as Predictors of Academic Performance Among Primary School Children in Binduri District, Ghana
- Jane Nyarko Barnes: The Effect of Nutrition Education on Overweight and Obesity Knowledge in A Rural Area in Ghana
- Moses Ekwueme: The Potential of School Meal Programs to Tackle Rising Overweight and Obesity Rates Among Schoolchildren in Africa