Biography:
Hema Kesa holds a Doctorate and Master’s in Food Service Management (Specialising in community Nutrition) and a MSC in Food and Nutrition Security. She is the Director of the Food Evolution Research Laboratory (FERL), located within University of Johannesburg. She supervises postgraduate research projects and lectures in Community Nutrition. Her research interests are in food and nutrition security. She is also a council member for the Nutrition Society of South Africa (NSSA). She and the FERL play a key role in encouraging the awareness of good nutrition in communities with the use of Extended Reality (XR) technology and mobile applications.
Title : Assessing the dietary impact of COVID-19 on in-school nutrition programmes in South Africa