Physical activity, nutrition knowledge, attitude and dietary practices are key factors associated with overweight and obesity. This study aimed to determine the effect of a school-focused nutrition and physical education ...

Increased consumption of unhealthy processed foods, particularly those high in sodium, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Nutrition information on packaged foods can help guide consumers toward products ...

Human milk is considered to be the optimal source of nutrition during the first six months of a child’s life. Since the milk is the only source of nutrition for the first six months of an infant’s life, understanding ...

The Kenyan Ministry of Health has developed a National Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding with the goal of improving feeding practices for infants and children. In order to promote appropriate infant feeding, the ...

Background: The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. A qualitative study was conducted to assess the factors that influence the practice of exclusive breastfeedi ...

The study aimed to establish the effect of a school-focused physical and nutrition education intervention on the weight status of adolescent students’ ages 15-18 years in Kenya. This was a Cluster-Randomized Controlled ...

Introduction: Dyslipidemia is a key modifiable cardiovascular risk factor that is a major clinical feature of Human Immune deficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients in the present era of Highly active anti-retroviral therapy ...

The 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) and Micronutrient Survey’s report revealed malnutrition among children aged 5-11 years in Kenya and recommended diversified food-based intervention through vegetable ...

Women of Childbearing Age (WCA) encounter disproportionately elevated prevalence of iron deficiency caused by increased demand for iron related to pregnancy and menstruation. The study investigated the association between ...

The use of food groups offers a summary that can be used to generate useful dietary patterns. Studying dietary pattern has gained popularity over single nutrient investigation and their relationship with various health ...