Traditional ethnic groups in Kenya are unlikely to eat a healthy and diversified diet due to many individual and environmental factors, which may result in poor health status. Therefore, the determinants of eating behavior need to be identified prior to any public health action. For this study, focus group discussions (15 in total) in a double-layer design were conducted, comprising adult men and women from 5 villages of Vihiga County. Questions explored knowledge; barriers and cues to action toward eating a healthy diet containing a variety of foods; including indigenous food species. We found that healthy eating concepts are known; however, several taboos that restrict food consumption reduce local diet quality in terms of diversity. Nutrition education is a cue to action. We identified several individual and environmental determinants of eating behavior in the studied communities. Public health action should focus on supporting healthy eating behaviors and refining some taboos' beliefs.

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• dieta * MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• stravovací zvyklosti MeSH
• tabu MeSH
• zdravá strava * MeSH
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• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Keňa MeSH

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• dítě MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• poruchy řeči MeSH
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• dítě MeSH
• kojenec MeSH

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• centrální nervový systém MeSH
• neurastenie MeSH
• niacin MeSH

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• aplikace intranazální MeSH
• chřipka lidská etiologie   prevence a kontrola   MeSH
• farynx mikrobiologie   MeSH
• Haplorrhini MeSH
• imunodifuze MeSH
• imunokomplex MeSH
• injekce intraperitoneální MeSH
• kultivační techniky MeSH
• ledviny MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Macaca fascicularis MeSH
• myši MeSH
• neutralizační testy MeSH
• Orthomyxoviridae imunologie   izolace a purifikace   patogenita   MeSH
• plíce mikrobiologie   MeSH
• protilátky anti-idiotypické aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• sérotypizace MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
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• lidé MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH