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Traditional individual and environmental determinants of healthy eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya

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Title Traditional individual and environmental determinants of healthy eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya
 
Creator Penafiel, Daniela
Termote, Céline
Van Damme, Patrick
 
Subject healthy diets
traditional foods
environmental factors
dietary diversity
dieta saludable
alimentos tradicionales
factores ambientales
 
Description 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 double-layer 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.
 
Date 2022-07-07
2022-07-12T11:08:11Z
2022-07-12T11:08:11Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Penafiel, D.; Termote, C.; Van Damme, P. (2022) Traditional individual and environmental determinants of healthy eating in Vihiga County, Western Kenya. Nutrients 14(14), 2791. 15 p. ISSN: 2072-664314
2072-664314
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120079
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142791
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 15 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Nutrients