A Digital Technology Framework for Promoting Nutritional/Health Benefits of West African Diet
Published in International Conference of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences (ICSESS), 2017
Recommended citation: Muniru, I. O., Shifulah, N., Petinrin, O. O., & Utama, N. P. (2017). "A Digital Technology Framework for Promoting Nutritional/Health Benefits of West African Diet". International Conference of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences (ICSESS) (29), 201-203.
Traditionally, the west Africa subregion boast of some of the world’s healthiest diet, however, there is a gradual adoption of the high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium and highly processed unhealthy foods from the western countries. This has been identified as a major cause of the increase in cases of diabetes, cancer and hypertension across Africa. In this study, we report factors that are responsible for this trend. Aggressive transatlantic promotional offerings which are leveraging on the growth of digital technology in the subregion has been a major enabler of this transition.
Recommended citation: Muniru, I. O., Shifulah, N., Petinrin, O. O., & Utama, N. P. (2017). “A Digital Technology Framework for Promoting Nutritional/Health Benefits of West African Diet”. International Conference of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences (ICSESS) (29), 201-203.