Mrs. Anna Amoako – Mensah

SHORT BIOS/CV

Anna Amoako-Mensah (formerly Kuevi) joined the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics as lecturer in 2008. Over the years, she has taught a number of undergraduate courses including nutrition assessment; food quality, processing and preservation; Communication Skills and Nutrition Education; food analysis. Anna is currently working towards her PhD for which her thesis area is the Ghanaian diet and hypertension.

ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE Supervisor, Dietetic Research Laboratory

RESEARCH INTEREST Food quality; nutritional status of the elderly; Food intake patterns; Identification and prevention of hospital malnutrition; nutritional composition and current trends in the Ghanaian cuisine.

RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED (WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS)

Research projects completed within the past 5 years include studies of the nutritional composition of burkina a local yoghurt-cereal mix beverage; heavy metal contamination of some popular street foods and patronization of hospital food among inpatients.

ON-GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS On-going projects include dietary salt usage behaviour and proximate analysis of selected Ghanaian food products.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Steele-Dadzie, R. K., Dzivenu, P., Asante, M., Hayford, F., Intiful, F. D., Amoako Mensah, A., & Boateng, L (2015). An assessment of food labels of some selected pre-packaged foods on the Ghanaian Market.  International Journal of Current Research: 7:8, 19030-19034.

2. Enoch, T., Bosompem, Q. M.,  Acquah, H. D., & Kuevi, A.. Protein and beta carotene content of maize-sweet potato composite flours. A Paper Submitted For Presentation  At The Conference:  Neglected And Underutilized Species (NUS) For A Food-Secure Africa In Accra, Ghana, 25-27 September 2013 Under The Theme : Resilience of agricultural and livelihood systems  (NUS For Nutrition And Health).

3. Intiful, F., Arthur, E., Amoako-Mensah, A., Steele-Dadzie, R. K., & Boateng, L. (2013). The effect of breakfast consumption on BMI and calorie intakes of office workers in Accra. Nigerian Journal of Nutrition sciences. 34:30-35.

4. Intiful, F., Ogyiri, L., Asante, M., Amoako-Mensah, A., Steele-Dadzie, R. K., & Boateng, L. (2013). Nutritional status of boarding and non-boarding children in selected schools in Accra Metropolis. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and healthcare, 3(7): 156-162.

5. Devitt, A. A., Kuevi, A., Coelho, S. B., Lartey, A., Lokko, P., Costa, N., Bressan, J., & Mattes, R. D. (2011). Appetitive and Dietary Effects of Consuming an Energy-Dense Food (Peanuts) with or between Meals by Snackers and Nonsnackers. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism doi: 10.1155/2011/928352.

6. McKiernan, F., Lokko, P., Kuevi, A., Sales, R.L., Costa, N. M. B., Bressan, J., Alfenas R. C. G., & Mattes, R. D. (2010). Effects of peanut processing on body weight and fasting plasma lipids. British Journal of Nutrition. 104: 418-426.