Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Overweight and obesity are rising rapidly in Ethiopia's urban areas, constituting a major public health concern. Dietary choices can be one of the key drivers of adult body-weight. Using data collected from a large household survey in Addis Ababa, we provide a snapshot of dietary patterns in Ethiopi...
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| author | Wolle, Abdulazize Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Baye, Kaleab Abate, Gashaw T. |
| author_browse | Abate, Gashaw T. Baye, Kaleab Hirvonen, Kalle Wolle, Abdulazize de Brauw, Alan |
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| description | Overweight and obesity are rising rapidly in Ethiopia's urban areas, constituting a major public health concern. Dietary choices can be one of the key drivers of adult body-weight. Using data collected from a large household survey in Addis Ababa, we provide a snapshot of dietary patterns in Ethiopia's largest urban area. We find that starchy staples (cereals, roots, and tubers) are prominent in household food baskets, taking up 25 percent of the food budget and providing more than 50 percent of consumed calories, on average. In contrast, the consumption of all kinds of fruits and vitamin A-rich vegetables is very low. For the average household, meat products account for nearly 18 percent of the food budget but provide only 2 percent of total calories. Richer households consume relatively less starchy staples than poorer households, but more animal-source foods and vegetables. However, the importance of fruits in household diets rises very slowly with household incomes. Together, these findings suggest that further income growth will result in drastic changes in the composition of food demand in Addis Ababa. Considering projections for increasing incomes, especially in urban areas, this will have major implications for agricultural production in rural areas connected to Ethiopia’s cities. There is also an urgent need to design cost-effective public health campaigns to reduce the emerging overweight and obesity crisis in urban Ethiopia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1432232025-11-06T05:06:00Z Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wolle, Abdulazize Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Baye, Kaleab Abate, Gashaw T. health households food access nutrition food consumption household consumption overweight obesity Overweight and obesity are rising rapidly in Ethiopia's urban areas, constituting a major public health concern. Dietary choices can be one of the key drivers of adult body-weight. Using data collected from a large household survey in Addis Ababa, we provide a snapshot of dietary patterns in Ethiopia's largest urban area. We find that starchy staples (cereals, roots, and tubers) are prominent in household food baskets, taking up 25 percent of the food budget and providing more than 50 percent of consumed calories, on average. In contrast, the consumption of all kinds of fruits and vitamin A-rich vegetables is very low. For the average household, meat products account for nearly 18 percent of the food budget but provide only 2 percent of total calories. Richer households consume relatively less starchy staples than poorer households, but more animal-source foods and vegetables. However, the importance of fruits in household diets rises very slowly with household incomes. Together, these findings suggest that further income growth will result in drastic changes in the composition of food demand in Addis Ababa. Considering projections for increasing incomes, especially in urban areas, this will have major implications for agricultural production in rural areas connected to Ethiopia’s cities. There is also an urgent need to design cost-effective public health campaigns to reduce the emerging overweight and obesity crisis in urban Ethiopia. 2020-02-01 2024-05-22T12:12:36Z 2024-05-22T12:12:36Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143223 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133276 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133731 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133766 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133851 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12206 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Wolle, Abdulazize; Hirvonen, Kalle; de Brauw, Alan; Baye, Kaleab; and Abate, Gashaw T. 2020. Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 139. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133654. |
| spellingShingle | health households food access nutrition food consumption household consumption overweight obesity Wolle, Abdulazize Hirvonen, Kalle de Brauw, Alan Baye, Kaleab Abate, Gashaw T. Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title | Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | household food consumption patterns in addis ababa ethiopia |
| topic | health households food access nutrition food consumption household consumption overweight obesity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143223 |
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