Digital Repository

Development of a Facilitator Guide for Nutrition Education on Overweight and Obesity in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Kushitor, Sandra Boatemaa
dc.contributor.author Colecraft, E.K .
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-16T14:14:07Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-16T14:14:07Z
dc.date.issued 2023-01
dc.identifier.issn 1684 5372
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.116.23010
dc.identifier.uri http://41.204.63.118:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/58
dc.description Research Article en_US
dc.description.abstract Overweight and obesity are global public health problems. Although overweight and obesity are high in urban areas, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing steadily in rural areas. However, interventions to address overweight and obesity in rural areas are limited. This study reports on the process of developing a facilitator guide for a nutrition education program on overweight and obesity in rural Ghana. The transtheoretical model guided this study. The study was conducted in three districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The facilitator guide was developed according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) guidelines for planning community nutrition education. This study engaged nutrition and agricultural officers working in the study area and academics through an iterative process to draft, revise, and design the facilitator guide. The procedures included a desk literature review, analysis of secondary data, telephone interviews, a seminar and two workshops. The guide consists of five lessons. Lesson 1 creates an awareness of overweight and obesity by providing a definition and the Stunkard Figure Rating Scale. It also includes data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity and abdominal obesity of women in the study area. Lesson 2 discusses body image perceptions and their association with overweight and obesity. Lesson 3 highlights the economic, social and health consequences of overweight and obesity. Lesson 4 explains the four-star diet and how to achieve it. The lesson includes a description of each star of the four-star diet with local examples. Lesson 5 discusses physical activity and steps to increase physical activity. Each lesson ends with a key message. Songs were developed for Lessons 3, 4 and 5. This study describes the process of developing a facilitator guide for overweight and obesity education at the community level. The guide can be used to raise awareness of overweight and obesity and weight management. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher African Scholarly Science Communications Trust en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 23;Number 1
dc.subject Overweight en_US
dc.subject Obesity en_US
dc.subject Transtheoretical Theory en_US
dc.subject Four-star Diet en_US
dc.subject Overweight Intervention en_US
dc.subject Exercise en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.title Development of a Facilitator Guide for Nutrition Education on Overweight and Obesity in the Eastern Region of Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search Ensign Digital Repository


Advanced Search

Browse

My Account