ABSTRACT
It once seemed counter-intuitive to expect increasing rates of heart disease, diabetes and obesity in countries characterized by malnourishment. Thanks to path-breaking scholarship, we are aware that changing diets in different parts of the world are linked to these health outcomes (Drewnowski & Popkin, 1997; Patel, 2007; Popkin, 1993, 2006). In Kenya, concerns about diabetes and obesity are regularly discussed in newspapers (Muraya, 2014; Ndemwa, 2013; Ngwiri, 2014), which relates to research examining Kenyans’ new dietary leanings (Raschke & Cheema, 2008; Steyn, Nel, Parker, Ayah, & Mbithe, 2012; Vorster, Kruger, & Margetts, 2011).
