eprintid: 11659
rev_number: 6
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3170
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datestamp: 2020-11-24 08:42:17
lastmod: 2020-11-24 08:42:17
status_changed: 2020-11-24 08:42:17
type: article
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creators_name: Melesse, M B
creators_name: van den Berg, M
icrisatcreators_name: Melesse, M B
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: Development Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen
country: Kenya
country: Netherlands
title: Consumer Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Urban Ethiopia: A Comprehensive Study
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.17
divisions: CRPS5
crps: crp1.15
full_text_status: public
keywords: Nutrition knowledge, Dietary, Diversity, Healthy eating
attitudes, Harmful food, Taboos
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.
date: 2020-11
date_type: published
publication: Ecology of Food and Nutrition (TSI)
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 1-13
id_number: doi:10.1080/03670244.2020.1835655
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0367-0244
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2020.1835655
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11659/1/Consumer%20Nutrition%20Knowledge%20and%20Dietary%20Behavior%20in%20Urban%20Ethiopia%20A%20Comprehensive%20Study.pdf