Browsing by Author "Thow, Anne Marie"
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Determinants of dietary patterns in school going adolescents in Urban Zambia
Mukanu, Mulenga Mary; Delobelle, Peter; Thow, Anne Marie (Frontiers Media, 2022)Understanding dietary patterns in a population is critical for decision making. This study aimed to identify the prevailing dietary patterns and their associated individual and school environment factors among school going ... -
Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security
Thow, Anne Marie; Greenberg, Stephen; Hara, Mafa; Friel, Sharon; du Toit, Andries; Sanders, David (Food trade and investment in South Africa: Improving coherence between economic policy, nutrition and food security, 2017-12)South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease while also continuing to combat persistent food insecurity and undernutrition (Muzigaba et al. 2016). The prevalence of stunting among children ... -
Improving policy coherence for food security and nutrition in South Africa: a qualitative policy analysis
Thow, Anne Marie; Greenberg, Stephen; Hara, Mafaniso; Friel, Sharon; du Toit, Andries; Sanders, David (Springer Netherlands, 2018)Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease in a situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition. Supply-side policy interventions ... -
Mapping Obesogenic food environments in South Africa and Ghana: Correlations and contradictions
Krol, Florian; Swart, Elizabeth Catherina; Annan, Reginald Adjetey; Thow, Anne Marie; Neves, David; Apprey, Charles; Aduku, Linda Nana Esi; Agyapong, Nana Ama Frimpomaa; Moubarac, Jean-Claude; du Toit, Andries; Aidoo, Robert; Sanders, David (MPDI, 2019)In sub-Saharan Africa, urbanisation and food systems change contribute to rapid dietary transitions promoting obesity. It is unclear to what extent these changes are mediated by neighbourhood food environments or other ... -
Nutrition policy reforms to address the double burden of malnutrition in Zambia: a prospective policy analysis
Mukanu, Mulenga Mary; Mchiza, Zandile June-Rose; Delobelle, Peter; Thow, Anne Marie (Oxford, 2023)The evolution of nutrition patterns in Zambia has resulted in the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition in the same population, the double burden of malnutrition. While Zambia has strong policies addressing ... -
School food environment in urban Zambia: A qualitative analysis of drivers of adolescent food choices and their policy implications
Mukanu, Mulenga Mary; Thow, Anne Marie; Delobelle, Peter (MDPI, 2022)Identifying context specific points for reforming policy to promote healthier food environments and consumer behavior in critical life stages like adolescence is crucial in addressing the double burden of malnutrition. ... -
Trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of SADC: Implications for food and nutrition security
Hara, Mafaniso; Greenberg, Stephen; Thow, Anne Marie; Chimarito, Sloans; du Toit, Andries (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)This paper looks at the dynamics of intra-regional trade and investment in fish and fish products between South Africa and the rest of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region, and the implications of this ... -
Trade, food and nutrition security in South Africa: The cases of sugar and poultry
Greenberg, Stephen; Thow, Anne Marie; Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-10)The purpose of this paper is to consider the role that trade plays in food and nutrition security in South Africa. Despite an established commercial food system, South Africans experience high levels of food and nutrition ...