ABSTRACT Background: A summated score is a useful way to capture the different measuring constructs of cognitive functioning, physical functioning and quality of life in healthy ageing. Observational studies and randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that high quality diets improve general health and well-being. The NU-AGE diet quality index was developed with the aim of ensuring healthy ageing for European older adults. Objective: The primary aim of this study was to develop a summ...
ABSTRACT About 1.6 billion people in more than one hundred countries including Ghana suffer the consequences of micronutrient deficiencies, namely iron, iodine and Vitamin A. A thousand million people were estimated to be at risk of iodine deficiency alone in 1990. Two hundred million have goitres, 20 million are mentally retarded; six million of these being cretins. Iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional deficiency in the world today. Two billion people are affected by ane...
ABSTRACT Introduction and Objective: Nutrition labels may help consumers to make healthier choices when choosing prepackaged foods and thereby reduce the risk for diet-related chronic diseases. Ghanaian consumers are increasingly consuming prepackaged foods, however there is little research on their awareness and use of nutrition labels. The study assessed awareness and use of Nutrition labels on prepackaged foods among shoppers in two selected supermarkets in the Accra Metropolis in Ghana....
ABSTRACT Plant milk beverages have become a necessity as they serve as an alternative for people with lactose intolerance, cow milk allergy, vegetarians and people who want to avoid cholesterol. They have numerous health benefits but their consumption is limited by their poor sensory profiles. Soymilk is the most popular and most widely consumed plant milk beverage in the world. Using local ingredients for commercial production of plant milk in Ghana is advantageous as these raw materials are...
ABSTRACT The important role of iodine deficiency in the development of endemic goitre and cretinism is well established. However, it has been found that adequate iodine intake (75-300 fj.g/day) does not always eradicate goitre. Therefore, it is understandable that other environmental factors, known as goitrogens^present in die staple foods or drinking water contribute to the persistence of the disease. This paper reports on the possible role of goitrogens in the development of goitre in Axim...
ABSTRACT Antimicrobial properties of essential oils (EOs) from plants have historically been explored and traditionally used as antiseptics and medicines. Recent studies on EOs of selected edible plants have shown great potential for inhibition of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms that occur in foods. Food applications of essential oils have however been limited due to solubility issues, unaffordable extraction technologies, low yield and strong flavours etc. Indigenous spices are common...
ABSTRACT Nutrition plays a critical role in promoting the health of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Nutritional problems strongly predict illness or death among PLWHA. However, the knowledge, attitude and practices relating to adequate nutrition by this group of people have not been adequately explored in Nigeria. This study was therefore carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude and nutritional practices among PLWHA who were attending Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) clinics in Ibad...
ABSTRACT In recent years, as the world is becoming a global economy with the influx of foreign companies into many developing countries like Ghana, managers face the challenge of having to address retention problems in the context of increasing competition in the global marketplace. It is against this background that this study aims at examining the effect of talent management on employees’ retention in the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Ghana. The study was quantitative and employed a cro...
ABSTRACT BACKROUND: Anaemia during pregnancy is a major public health problem throughout the world, particularly the developing countries. It is a condition in which the number and size of red blood cells ,or hemoglobin concentration falls below the established cut-off value; less than 110g/L for children under 5years and pregnant women, and less than 120 g/L for non-pregnant women which consequently impair the capacity of blood to transport oxygen around the body. Globally, it affects ...
It is well established that the forces between nucleons are transmitted by mesons. According to the meson theory, the quantitative explanation of the nuclear forces was extremely tentative and incomplete. But this theory presents a valuable point of view. It is fairly certain now that the nucleons within nuclear matter are in a state made rather different from their free condition by the proximity of other nucleons .Charge independence of nuclear forces demand the existence of neutral mes...
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a serious global problem due to emergence of alcohol abuse among young pregnant women. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the single largest cause of mental retardation in the Western world. It is all the more tragic given that FAS is the only congenital cause of mental retardation that is 100% preventable. Fetal Alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a broad spectrum of completely preventable intellectual and developmental deficits in individuals, resulting from maternal alco...
Cardio Metabolic Syndrome (CMS), also known as insulin resistance syndrome or metabolic syndrome X, isa combination of metabolic disorders or risk factors that essentially includes a combination of diabetes mellitus,systemic arterial hypertension, central obesity and hyper-lipidemia. Common to these diseases of metabolism isthe associated development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Studies have shown a strong linkbetween CMS and increased prevalence of peripheral vascular d...
ABSTRACT Meat products such as beef burger, breakfast sausage, hot-dog and frankfurter required at U.T.C (United Trading Company Nigeria plc, were assessed for their proximate composition and sensory quality. Crude protein was significantly (p
Introduction: The underdeveloped regions of the world seem to be mostly affected by nutritional problems associated with food insecurity. Within these underdeveloped countries, Africa’s share of the problems is great. Inadequate food situation has remained a great problem in Nigeria. Nutritional deficiencies such as are associated with protein and energy are recognized to have the potential adverse effects on learning and intelligence, thus, appropriate nutrition interventions are dependent...
ABSTRACT The Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM ) is a communitybased approach involves in timely detection of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in a community. This is followed by the provision of treatment (Readynutrientdense foods) for those without medical comp toUse Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) or other lications with at their respective homes. This study was aimed to review ...