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Determining food and nutrition literacy of community health workers in the Western Cape, South Africa

Master of Public Health - MPH / Obesity is one of the critical problems that threatens not only health, but the
economy at a global level. Among the factors associated with obesity is less than optimum
level of nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy is more than just the food knowledge, it is a
combination of other essential factors that help individuals to maintain healthy a body size.
These factors include the selection and consumption of nutritious food; acquiring knowledge
and skills in the areas of meal planning and preparation; as well as using and knowing how to
read food labels correctly.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/7674
Date January 2020
CreatorsKetelo, Asiphe
ContributorsMchiza, Zandile June-Rose
PublisherUniversity of Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsUniversity of Western Cape

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