TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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.
AV  - public
KW  - Nutrition knowledge
KW  -  Dietary
KW  -  Diversity
KW  -  Healthy eating
attitudes
KW  -  Harmful food
KW  -  Taboos
A1  - Melesse, M B
A1  - van den Berg, M
TI  - Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia: A Comprehensive Study
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2020.1835655
JF  - Ecology of Food and Nutrition (TSI)
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2020/11//
ID  - icrisat11659
EP  - 13
SN  - 0367-0244
PB  - Routledge
ER  -