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Dr. Lucy Amanya Mutuli

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Department of Nutritional Sciences

School of Public Health,Biomedical Sciences & Technology

P.O. Box 190-50100

Kakamega, KENYA

Kakamega-Webuye Road

Office no. ABA Room 109
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8430-8591
ResearcherID: KDO-0419-2024
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Dr. Lucy Amanya Mutuli is a registered Human Nutritionist, a researcher and a captivating communicator who inspires people to eat healthy foods and maintain active lifestyles. She who holds a PhD in Health Promotion from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology-Kenya; Master of Science degree in Community Nutrition and Development and B.Ed Home Science and Technology; Maseno University. Over the past 10 years, she has been actively and passionately involved in bringing about behaviour change through focus on how to promote action rather than mere motivation in Maternal, Child Health and other vulnerable groups of peoples in the society.  She has conducted various projects which have positively impacted in the society. This includes “Integrating Optimal Dietary Intake and Physical Activity as a Process of Reducing Relapse Amongst Alcoholics Aged 15-65 In Asumbi Rehabilitation Center”. This was a successful project which reduced alcohol relapse by 80 percent after a year of discharge. She has been a beneficiary of various partnerships and mentoring programmes inclusive of UNESCO- Merck Africa Research Summit and Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, NETHERLAND. She has published various papers and books in peer reviewed journals as well as attended international conferences and workshops. She is Senior Lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Department of Nutritional Sciences.

Some of her Key Publications

  1. Sagam C1*, Kivelenge A1, Olayo R, Wanjala C, Mutai C, Wesonga B, Mutuli L and J Situma (2023). Effect of Covi-Soup on CD4 Cell Count and Haemoglobin Among Patients with Diabetes Type II and Hypertension in Kakamega County, Kenya: A Randomized Control Trial Afr. J. Food Agric. Nutr. Dev. 2023;23(2):22568-22584. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.117.22910.
  2. Maingi Z, Mutuli L and SO Konyole (2022). Linkage Between Nutritional Status of Children 6-59 Months and Some Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Mothers In Malava Sub-County, Kakamega County. Afr. J. Food Agric. Nutr. Dev. 2022; 22(7): 20813-20828 https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.112.22620
  3. Lucy A Mutuli, Bukhala P and Nguka G (2021). Assessment of Attitude, Subjective Norm and Perceived Behavioral Control on Physical Activity of Alcoholics Using Structural Equation Modeling. J Alcohol Drug Depend 9:341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35248/2329-6488.21.9.341
  4. Lucy Amanya Mutuli, Peter Bukhala, Gordon Nguka (2020). Predictability of the Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs in Practice of Physical Activity of Recuperating Alcoholics. International Journal of Sports and Physical Education (IJSPE) Volume 6, Issue 2, 2020, PP 1-8 ISSN 2454-6380 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24966/ADSD-9594/100016. www.arcjournals.org
  5. Mutuli LA*, Bukhala P. (2020). Applicability of Structural Equation Modeling in Practice of Optimal Dietary Intake amongst Recuperating Alcoholics. J Hum Nutr Food Sci 8(1): 1134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47739/2333-6706/1134
  6. Mutuli LA*, Bukhala P, Nguka G (2020). Dietary Intake Patterns of Alcoholics; a Case Study of Selected Rehabilitation Centers in Kenya. Journal of Human Nutrition & Food Science 8(1): 1133. DOI https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3377
  7. Mutuli A L & Achoka S K J & Onyango C A, (2019). "Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Optimal Dietary Intake of University Students of Kenya," Scholarly Journal of Food and Nutrition, Lupine Publishers, LLC, vol. 1(5), pages 150-156, March. DOI:https://doi.org/10.32474/SJFN.2019.01.000123
  8. Mutuli L.A, Bukhala P, Nguka G, (2018). Factors affecting Physical activity of recuperating alcoholics in Asumbi-Homabay rehabiliation center, Kenya Journal of Addiction Therapy Research 2018; 2: 028-034, 1001008, 2018. DOI:https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jatr.1001008
  9. Mutuli L.A, Peter Bukhala, Gordon Nguka (2018). Impact of Instructional Intervention on Improving Dietary Intake of Alcoholics under Rehabilitation in Asumbi Center. Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, ISSN: 2155-9600 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 1000654, 2018 DOI:https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9600.1000654

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