Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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dc.creatorWolle, Abdulazize
dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorde Brauw, Alan
dc.creatorBaye, Kaleab
dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.date2020-02-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:36Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:56:24Z
dc.descriptionOverweight 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143223
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90011
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133276
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133731
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133766
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133851
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12206
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceWolle, 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.
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectfood access
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjecthousehold consumption
dc.subjectoverweight
dc.subjectobesity
dc.titleHousehold food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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