About the Authors

Abdulai Abubakari

abubakariabdulai@yahoo.com

Affiliations Community Nutrition Department, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, Institute of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Gisela Kynast-Wolf

Affiliation Community Nutrition Department, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Albrecht Jahn

Affiliation Community Nutrition Department, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA AJ. Performed the experiments: AA GK-W AJ. Analyzed the data: AA GK-W AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA GK-W AJ. Wrote the paper: AA GK-W AJ.