Factors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa: a systematic mapping review

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dc.contributor.authorLaar, A.
dc.contributor.authorBooth, A.
dc.contributor.authorMohindra, A.
dc.contributor.authorWanjohi, M.
dc.contributor.authorGraham, F.
dc.contributor.authorPradeilles, R.
dc.contributor.authorCohen, E.
dc.contributor.authorHoldsworth, M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-14T09:28:58Z
dc.date.available2020-07-14T09:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-26
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To identify factors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa and identify areas for future research. Design: We systematically reviewed published/grey literature (protocol CRD4201706893). Findings were compiled into a map using a socio-ecological model on four environmental levels: individual, social, physical and macro. Setting: Urban food environments in Africa. Participants: Studies involving adolescents and adults (11–70 years, male/female). Results: Thirty-nine studies were included (six adolescent, fifteen adolescent/adult combined and eighteen adult). Quantitative methods were most common (twentyeight quantitative, nine qualitative and two mixed methods). Studies were from fifteen African countries. Seventy-seven factors influencing dietary behaviours were identified, with two-thirds at the individual level (45/77). Factors in the social (11/77), physical (12/77) and macro (9/77) environments were investigated less. Individual-level factors that specifically emerged for adolescents included selfesteem, body satisfaction, dieting, spoken language, school attendance, gender, body composition, pubertal development, BMI and fat mass. Studies involving adolescents investigated social environment-level factorsmore, for example, sharing food with friends. The physical food environment was more commonly explored in adults, for example, convenience/availability of food.Macro-level factors associated with dietary behaviours were food/drink advertising, religion and food prices. Factors associated with dietary behaviour were broadly similar for men and women. Conclusions: The dominance of studies exploring individual-level factors suggests a need for research to explore how social, physical and macro-level environments drive dietary behaviours of adolescents and adults in urban Africa. More studies are needed for adolescents and men, and studies widening the geographical scope to encompass all African countriesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGlobal Challenges Research Fund Foundation Award led by the MRC, and supported by AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and NERC, with the aim of improving the health and prosperity of low- and middle-income countriesen_US
dc.identifier.citationChange citation format Osei-Kwasi, H., Mohindra, A., Booth, A., Laar, A., Wanjohi, M., Graham, F., . . . Holdsworth, M. (2020). Factors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa: A systematic mapping review. Public Health Nutrition, 1-18. doi:10.1017/S1368980019005305en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1017/S1368980019005305
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35570
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Health Nutritionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;1-18
dc.subjectDietary behaviouren_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectUrbanen_US
dc.subjectFood environmenten_US
dc.titleFactors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa: a systematic mapping reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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