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RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES

Research in progress: Adherence to diet consistent with proven dietary regimen and cardiovascular disease risk factors and progression (CardioDiet Study) in Cape Coast.

FUTURE RESEARCH

  • Dietary risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
  • Relationships between the gut microbiome and health.
  • Optimal local diets for weight loss and maintenance, and prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
  • Optimal local diet form management of HIV, tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.

RESEARCH COLLABORATION

  • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, United States.
  • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, United States.
  • Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis, United States.
  • School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, Guangdong, P. R. China.
  • Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, USA.