Prince Kwabena Osei

College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Nutritional Sciences

Ph.D Student

132 Barrow Hall
115 DW Brooks Dr.
Athens, GA 30602

Prince.Osei@uga.edu

7062549434

Education

Degree Field of Study Institution Graduation
Master of Science Human Nutrition and Dietetics Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 2020
Bachelor of Science Nutrition and Food Science University of Ghana 2011

Research

My research focuses on dietary assessment methods. The 24-hour recall and FFQ are the most commonly used dietary assessment methods in community nutrition research. The weaknesses of these methods are self-report biases and low accuracy levels. The WFR method, which is the gold standard for assessing dietary intake is also expensive to use and time-consuming.  With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the primary goal of my research is to validate new technologies (e-button & AIM) for dietary assessment. These new methods would be more accurate and less time-consuming for public health nutrition research compared to the current conventional dietary assessment methods.

Teaching

Courses:

NUTR 4050E Optimal Nutrition for lifespan (Spring semester 2022, UGA)

FDNS 2100 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition (Fall semester 2022, UGA)

Prior Professional Positions

Organization Title Years of Service
Olam International Recipe Controller 2013 - 2021

Awards

Award Name Awarded By Year Awarded
Endsley-Peifer Award College of Family and Consumer Sciences, UGA 2022
Food Supervisors Award Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana 2019
Olam Operational Excellence Award Olam International 2014

Advisory Committee

Dr. Alex Anderson, Ph.D., MPH

Dr. Megan McCrory, PhD 

Dr. Sina Gallo, Ph.D., RD

Dr. Jung Sun Lee, PhD, RDN

Areas of Expertise

Laboratory food analysis

Food Product Development/Food Labelling 

Dietary Assessment Methods/Nutritional Analysis

Books

Osei, P. K., & Anderson, A. K. (2023). Infant Nutrition and Feeding. IntechOpen peer-reviewed open-access journal.

Current Classes

NUTR 2100 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition

Job Description

I am a graduate teaching assistant at the department of Nutritional Science. I work in Dr. Anderson's Maternal and Child Nutrition lab. We are currently working on a research project to validate new technologies (AIM and e-button), 24-hour recall, and WFR methods for dietary assessment. 

Publications

Osei, P. K., Appiah, C., & Anderson, A. K. (2021). Impact of Dietetic Intervention on Metabolic Syndrome Patients Attending Diet Therapy Clinic: A prospective, Single-Arm Intervention Study. Global Journal of Health Science, 13(7), 1-89. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v13n7p89

Working Papers

Journal Article 

Osei, P. K., Domfe, C. A. & Anderson, A. K. (2022). A systematic review of consumer awareness, knowledge, understanding, and use of nutrition labels in Africa. Nutrition and Health Journal.

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