Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Matthys, Christophe"
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The conceptual framework for a combined food literacy and physical activity intervention to optimize metabolic health among women of reproductive age in urban Uganda
Yiga, Peter; Lippevelde, Wendy Van; Seghers, Jan; Ogwok, Patrick; Tafiire, Henry; Muluuta, Susan Nakaayi; Matthys, Christophe (BMC Public Health volume, 2022-02-18)Background Metabolic health of urban Ugandans, mostly women, has increasingly become sub-optimal. As women are strategic for family behavioral change and do not meet WHO recommendations regarding dietary and physical ... -
Determinants of dietary and physical activity behaviours among women of reproductive age in urban sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Yiga, Peter; Seghers, Jan; Ogwok, Patrick; Matthys, Christophe (Cambridge University Press: British Journal of Nutrition., 2020-05-28)Urban sub-Saharan Africa is in a nutrition transition shifting towards consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor diets and decreasing physical activity. Determinants of nutrition transition in sub-Saharan Africa are presently ... -
Determinants of dietary and physical activity behaviours among women of reproductive age in urban Uganda, a qualitative study
Yiga, Peter; Ogwok, Patrick; Achieng, Julian; Auma, Mary Devota; Seghers, Jan; Matthys, Christophe (Cambridge University Press: British Journal of Nutrition., 2020-10-01)To explore determinants of dietary and physical activity behaviours among women of reproductive age. Design: Data were collected through focus group discussions (FGD). The FGD guide was based on a modified theoretical ...