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Wilhemina is a doctoral student in the Nutrition & Health Sciences program at Emory University. With academic training in Nutrition, Food Science, and Public Health, her research interests and experience include using population-based approaches to reduce under- and over-nutrition especially among women and children in low-resource settings; and investigating how nutrition and food systems influence cardiometabolic health. Prior to joining Emory, she worked on an IDRC-funded project that focused on generating evidence for policy actions to improve the food environments of children.
Areas of Interest
- Adolescent Health/Child Health
- Built Environment
- Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition
- Obesity Prevention
Education
- Bachelor of Science 2011, University of Ghana
- Master of Public Health 2017, University of Nottingham
Affiliations & Activities
- American Society of Nutrition
Publications
- Gideon S Amevinya, Wilhemina Quarpong, Richmond Aryeetey, Akua Tandoh, 2021, Heavy marketing of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods around public basic schools in greater Accra region, Ghana, , ,
- Amos Laar, Bridget Kelly, Michelle Holdsworth, Wilhemina Quarpong, Richmond Aryeetey, Gideon Senyo Amevinya, Akua Tandoh, Charles Agyemang, Francis Zotor, Matilda E Laar, Kobby Mensah, Dennis Laryea, Gershim Asiki, Rebecca Pradeilles, Daniel Sellen, Mary R L'Abbe, Stefanie Vandevijvere, 2021, Providing measurement, evaluation, accountability, and leadership support for NCDs prevention in Ghana: adapting the INFORMAS approach, Frontiers in nutrition, 8, 504
- Gideon S Amevinya, Wilhemina Quarpong, Amos Laar, 2020, Commercial food advertising on the campus of Ghana’s largest University, World Nutrition, 11, 57-73
- Patience Tsrah, Wilhemina Quarpong, Amos Laar, 2020, Healthiness of foods on promotional flyers of fast-food outlets located within Accra-based shopping malls, World Nutrition, 11, 51-61
- Laurene Boateng, Wilhemina Quarpong, Agartha Ohemeng, Matilda Asante, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, 2019, Effect of complementary foods fortified with Moringa oleifera leaf powder on hemoglobin concentration and growth of infants in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Food science & nutrition, 7, 302-311
- Wilhemina Quarpong, Timothy R Card, Joe West, Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran, Richard FA Logan, Matthew J Grainge, 2019, Mortality in people with coeliac disease: Long-term follow-up from a Scottish cohort, UEG Journal, 7, 377-387