Traditional Individual and Environmental Determinants of Healthy Eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F22%3A92692" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/22:92692 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/14/2791" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/14/2791</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142791" target="_blank" >10.3390/nu14142791</a>

Jazyk výsledku

čeština

Název v původním jazyce

Traditional Individual and Environmental Determinants of Healthy Eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Traditional ethnic groups in Kenya are unlikely to eat a healthy and diversified diet due to many individual and environmental factors, which may result in poor health status. Therefore, the determinants of eating behavior need to be identified prior to any public health action. For this study, focus group discussions (15 in total) in a doublelayer design were conducted, comprising adult men and women from 5 villages of Vihiga County. Questions explored knowledge, barriers and cues to action toward eating a healthy diet containing a variety of foods, including indigenous food species. We found that healthy eating concepts are known, however, several taboos that restrict food consumption reduce local diet quality in terms of diversity. Nutrition education is a cue to action. We identified several individual and environmental determinants of eating behavior in the studied communities. Public health action should focus on supporting healthy eating behaviors and refining some taboos beliefs.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Traditional Individual and Environmental Determinants of Healthy Eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya

Popis výsledku anglicky

Traditional ethnic groups in Kenya are unlikely to eat a healthy and diversified diet due to many individual and environmental factors, which may result in poor health status. Therefore, the determinants of eating behavior need to be identified prior to any public health action. For this study, focus group discussions (15 in total) in a doublelayer design were conducted, comprising adult men and women from 5 villages of Vihiga County. Questions explored knowledge, barriers and cues to action toward eating a healthy diet containing a variety of foods, including indigenous food species. We found that healthy eating concepts are known, however, several taboos that restrict food consumption reduce local diet quality in terms of diversity. Nutrition education is a cue to action. We identified several individual and environmental determinants of eating behavior in the studied communities. Public health action should focus on supporting healthy eating behaviors and refining some taboos beliefs.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30308 - Nutrition, Dietetics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nutrients

ISSN

2072-6643

e-ISSN

2072-6643

Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

14

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

1-15

Kód UT WoS článku

000831907100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85133502024