Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia: A Comprehensive Study

Melesse, M B and van den Berg, M (2020) Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia: A Comprehensive Study. Ecology of Food and Nutrition (TSI). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0367-0244

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Abstract

This paper studies the association between nutrition knowledge and consumer dietary behavior using large survey data from 996 respondents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We find that health was the most important factor in individuals’ food choice. However, most consumers were found to have imperfect understanding of the link between food and health. Especially, the causes and consequences of obesity were poorly understood. A considerable proportion of respondents also endorsed harmful food taboos. We found that nutrition knowledge was positively associated with more diversified diets and healthy eating attitudes and practices. Individuals with higher levels of nutrition knowledge were also more likely to reject harmful food taboos.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : East & Southern Africa
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Nutrition knowledge, Dietary, Diversity, Healthy eating attitudes, Harmful food, Taboos
Subjects:	Others > Food and Nutrition
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2020 08:42
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2020 08:42
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11659
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2020.1835655
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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