Volume 22 No. 2 (2022)

Special Issue

Editor's Note: Food-based Dietary Guidelines - Ruth Oniang'o

Editorial: Developing Ghana’s first Food-based dietary guidelines: An evidence-informed process - Richmond Aryeetey

Commentary: A Special Issue of AJFAND - Richard Douglass

Peer Reviewed Articles

• [1] Nutrition-sensitive education and social protection policies have implications for food-based dietary guidelines for Ghana.
  Akua Tandoh et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21770
  [Ghana]

• [2] Rapid review of research on dietary attitudes, beliefs and practices in Ghana 1990-2020.
  Esi Colecraft et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21775
  [Ghana]
  

• [3] Nutrition and health-related information disclosure on pre-packaged food products from local retail shops in Accra.
  Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21780
  [Ghana]
  

• [4] Anemia prevalence and associated factors among school-age children in Accra and Kumasi metropolis in Ghana.
  Godfred Egbi et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21785
  [Ghana]
  

• [5] A review of food-based dietary guidelines in Africa: Opportunities to enhance the healthiness and environmental sustainability of population diets.
  Joana Ainuson-Quampah et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21790
  [Ghana]
  

• [6] Scoping review of diet-related health outcomes and associated risk factors in Ghana.
  Justina Boatemaa Coomson and Richmond Aryeetey  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21795
  [Ghana]
  

• [7] A review of Ghana’s food system and its implications on sustainability and the development of national food-based dietary guidelines.
  Nana Ama Agyapong et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21800
  [Ghana]
  

• [8] Evidence on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Ghana: A rapid scoping review.
  Daniel Mensah et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21805
  [Ghana]
  

• [9] A review of food and nutrition communication and promotion in Ghana.
  Phyllis Parbey and Richmond Aryeetey  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21810
  [Ghana]
  

• [10] Descriptive analysis of changes in Ghana's food availability and food safety information between 2010 and 2020.
  Priscilla Boadi et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21815
  [Ghana]
  

• [11] Review of Ghana’s food environment: Drivers of availability, barriers to healthy food access, and impact of interventions and policies.
  Reginald Annan et al.  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21820
  [Ghana]
  

• [12] Process and lessons learned in the development of food-based dietary guidelines in Ghana.
  Richmond Aryeetey and Ana Islas Ramos  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21830
  [Ghana]
  

• [13] A rapid review of key policies and programs linked with nutrition and health in Ghana.
  Richmond Aryeetey and Justina Boatemaa Coomson  https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.107.21825
  [Ghana]
  

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