Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Food-related behaviors" range widely and include food acquisition, storage, cooking, meal sharing, eating practices, among others. Food-related behaviors can influence nutritional status and health outcomes, and likely vary between rural and peri-urban households; however, there is limited documentation on such differences.

Objective

To assess food-related behaviors of rural and peri-urban households in Ghana to inform the design and implementation of a field study to validate passive wearable camera technologies for dietary assessment.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional qualitative study in rural (Asaase Kokoo) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) communities, Ghana. Forty key informants (20 rural and 20 peri-urban) were interviewed about their household food-relat

SUBMITTER: Osei PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11839426 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature