Book Description

This book, ''The Ghanaian Woman''s Guide to Healthy Eating During Pregnancy'' is an impressively comprehensive yet exceptionally user-friendly and thoughtful local nutrition guide to eating well, staying fit before, during and after pregnancy.The authors have compiled the most recent scientific evidence about prepregnancy, pregnancy and post pregnancy and translated it into a fun, easy-to-read book. This book offers practical, safe and easy-to-follow guidelines that is sure to help inform and inspire women contemplating the journey of pregnancy and motherhood. The authors provide evidence-based answers to women′s most frequently asked questions about: I. How to plan a healthy pregnancy II. Basics of nutrition - the different nutrients required by women and their developing babies, functions of these nutrients and their sources III. Management of common pregnancy challenges such as morning sickness, pica, constipation, heartburns and swollen feet IV. Exercise routines and proper posture in pregnancy V. Planning healthy menu and recipes .......Authors ......1. Asare Emmanuel Domfeh, RD, PhD.......Asare Domfeh graduated with a BSc in Nutrition and MPhil in Clinical Nutrition (Dietetics) from University of Ghana. He has also completed a doctorate degree in Medicine/Physiology at King''s College London, UK, where he studied the effects of lifestyle and pharmacological interventions on pregnancy outcomes in both mothers and children. He has served as a dietician at Ridge Hospital, Princess Marie Louise Children''s Hospital and the Volta River Authority Clinic in Accra, Ghana. He also worked with the 37 Military Hospital, Ghana, as a dietician and as an instructor for students on clinical placement. Emmanuel has also served as a community nutrition officer for the World Food Programme and with UNICEF Ghana, where he was involved in projects aimed at improving maternal and child nutrition. He is a member of the European Union Early Nutrition, Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAND) and the Nutrition Society (UK). He has also presented scientific papers at a number of seminars and conferences on maternal and child nutrition........2. Matilda Asante, RD, PhD.......Matilda Asante is a registered dietician and a senior lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the areas of Dietetics Professional Practice, Medical Nutrition Therapy and Food Habits. She is actively involved in several areas of research on dietary intakes and their impact on health with a focus on cardiovascular disease risk factors. Matilda also serves as a resource person for an international community nutrition rotation program in the Eastern region of Ghana. Her research team is also involved in programmes that empower people with skills and knowledge needed to make healthy food choices in a bid to prevent or minimise unhealthy eating practices and the chronic health problems it triggers..........3. Alice Koryo-Dabrah, RD, MPhil..........Alice Koryo-Dabrah is a lecturer at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences. She is a registered dietitian in with Ghana Dietetic Association. She had her Bachelor of Science education in Home Science at the University of Ghana and later pursued a Master of Philosophy in Dietetics at the same University. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Nutrition Department at University of Ghana. Her teaching experience is in the area of Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics. She worked as a community nutrition consultant on the Natural Resource Management Study and Design in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana for the USAID. She has participated in a number of healthy eating drive in communities and through the media. Alice''s interest is in the area of child and maternal nutrition, nutrition in infectious disease, nutrition and diet related diseases and recipe development.