From: Food beliefs and practices in urban poor communities in Accra: implications for health interventions
Perceptions of healthy eating | Perceptions of unhealthy eating | Factors that influence food habits |
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Cooking habits (boiling, roasting, food hygiene) | Cooking habits (frying) | Antenatal and Post-natal food culture |
Food intake (high fruit and vegetable intake, early meals) | Eating habits (high intake of fatty foods, sugar, refined carbohydrates, late meals) | Poverty |
Meal content (use of fresh vegetables) | Â | Significant others (Spouse, children) |
Religion (forbidden versus approved foods) | ||
Ethnicity (ethnic foods, food taboos) |