Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation

In Tanzania, unhealthy diets are a major contributor to non-communicable diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Tanzanian diets are generally cereal-based and low in fruit and vegetables (F&V) and animal sourced foods. With rising incomes, consumption of energy-dense processed and ult...

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Autores principales: Bliznashka, Lilia, Azupogo, Fusta, Arnold, Charles D., Djuazon, Nelly, Jeremiah, Kidola, Malindisa, Evangelista, Kinabo, Joyce, Cunningham, Kenda, Hess, Sonja, Olney, Deanna K.
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178621
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author Bliznashka, Lilia
Azupogo, Fusta
Arnold, Charles D.
Djuazon, Nelly
Jeremiah, Kidola
Malindisa, Evangelista
Kinabo, Joyce
Cunningham, Kenda
Hess, Sonja
Olney, Deanna K.
author_browse Arnold, Charles D.
Azupogo, Fusta
Bliznashka, Lilia
Cunningham, Kenda
Djuazon, Nelly
Hess, Sonja
Jeremiah, Kidola
Kinabo, Joyce
Malindisa, Evangelista
Olney, Deanna K.
author_facet Bliznashka, Lilia
Azupogo, Fusta
Arnold, Charles D.
Djuazon, Nelly
Jeremiah, Kidola
Malindisa, Evangelista
Kinabo, Joyce
Cunningham, Kenda
Hess, Sonja
Olney, Deanna K.
author_sort Bliznashka, Lilia
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description In Tanzania, unhealthy diets are a major contributor to non-communicable diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Tanzanian diets are generally cereal-based and low in fruit and vegetables (F&V) and animal sourced foods. With rising incomes, consumption of energy-dense processed and ultra-processed foods has increased, reaching 694 kg/year per adult in 2019. Among women of reproductive age (WRA), daily energy intake is also increasing. Although nationally representative data are lacking, individual studies indicate an increase over time from 1,347 kcal/day in 2014 to 1,631 kcal/day in 2015/16 and 2,174 kcal/day in 2022. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH), now under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (BDN), uses an end-to-end approach, described in more detail in Research Brief 1, that combines demand, food environment, and supply interventions to increase desirability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of F&V. In Tanzania, an ongoing impact evaluation is testing the effectiveness of this end-to-end approach in improving F&V intake and vegetable production across 33 villages in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. In this research brief, we describe baseline findings on the energy and macronutrient intake among WRA in the study area.
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spelling CGSpace1786212025-12-09T20:37:32Z Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation Bliznashka, Lilia Azupogo, Fusta Arnold, Charles D. Djuazon, Nelly Jeremiah, Kidola Malindisa, Evangelista Kinabo, Joyce Cunningham, Kenda Hess, Sonja Olney, Deanna K. nutrient intake macronutrients women reproductive performance capacity building In Tanzania, unhealthy diets are a major contributor to non-communicable diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Tanzanian diets are generally cereal-based and low in fruit and vegetables (F&V) and animal sourced foods. With rising incomes, consumption of energy-dense processed and ultra-processed foods has increased, reaching 694 kg/year per adult in 2019. Among women of reproductive age (WRA), daily energy intake is also increasing. Although nationally representative data are lacking, individual studies indicate an increase over time from 1,347 kcal/day in 2014 to 1,631 kcal/day in 2015/16 and 2,174 kcal/day in 2022. The CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH), now under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (BDN), uses an end-to-end approach, described in more detail in Research Brief 1, that combines demand, food environment, and supply interventions to increase desirability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of F&V. In Tanzania, an ongoing impact evaluation is testing the effectiveness of this end-to-end approach in improving F&V intake and vegetable production across 33 villages in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. In this research brief, we describe baseline findings on the energy and macronutrient intake among WRA in the study area. 2025-12-08 2025-12-08T21:20:20Z 2025-12-08T21:20:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178621 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175687 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173282 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138874 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bliznashka, Lilia; Azupogo, Fusta; Arnold, Charles D.; Djuazon, Nelly; Jeremiah, Kidola; et al. 2025. Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation. Tanzania Evaluation Research Brief 4. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178621
spellingShingle nutrient intake
macronutrients
women
reproductive performance
capacity building
Bliznashka, Lilia
Azupogo, Fusta
Arnold, Charles D.
Djuazon, Nelly
Jeremiah, Kidola
Malindisa, Evangelista
Kinabo, Joyce
Cunningham, Kenda
Hess, Sonja
Olney, Deanna K.
Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title_full Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title_fullStr Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title_short Energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age: Baseline findings from the FRESH End-to-End Evaluation
title_sort energy and macronutrient intake among women of reproductive age baseline findings from the fresh end to end evaluation
topic nutrient intake
macronutrients
women
reproductive performance
capacity building
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178621
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