Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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10.2499/p15738coll2.133654
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2020
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Abdulazize Wolle;Kalle Hirvonen;A. Brauw;K. Baye;G. Abate
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作者：
Abdulazize Wolle;Kalle Hirvonen;A. Brauw;K. Baye;G. Abate
埃塞俄比亚城市地区的超重和肥胖人数正在迅速增加，成为一个重大的公共卫生问题。饮食选择可能是成人体重的关键驱动因素之一。利用在亚的斯亚贝巴进行的一项大型家庭调查收集的数据，我们提供了埃塞俄比亚最大城市地区饮食模式的概况。我们发现，淀粉类主食（谷物、块根和块茎）在家庭食品篮子中占据主导地位，平均占据食品预算的 25%，并提供消耗热量的 50% 以上。相比之下，各种水果和富含维生素A的蔬菜的食用量却很低。对于普通家庭来说，肉类产品占食品预算的近 18%，但仅提供总热量的 2%。富裕家庭比贫困家庭消耗的淀粉类主食相对较少，但动物源性食品和蔬菜较多。然而，水果在家庭饮食中的重要性随着家庭收入的增加而缓慢上升。总之，这些发现表明，收入的进一步增长将导致亚的斯亚贝巴粮食需求构成发生巨大变化。考虑到收入增加的预测，特别是在城市地区，这将对与埃塞俄比亚城市相连的农村地区的农业生产产生重大影响。还迫切需要设计具有成本效益的公共卫生运动，以减少埃塞俄比亚城市中新出现的超重和肥胖危机。
Overweight 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.