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The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia

The aim of this study was to understand the quality of diet being consumed among families in Addis Ababa, and to what extent social stratification and perceptions of availability and affordability affect healthy food consumption. Data were collected from 5467 households in a face-to-face interview w...

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Autores principales: Abdelmenan, Semira, Berhane, Hanna Y., Jirström, Magnus, Trenholm, Jill, Worku, Alemayehu, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte, Berhane, Yemane
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33081262
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103168
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author Abdelmenan, Semira
Berhane, Hanna Y.
Jirström, Magnus
Trenholm, Jill
Worku, Alemayehu
Ekström, Eva-Charlotte
Berhane, Yemane
author_facet Abdelmenan, Semira
Berhane, Hanna Y.
Jirström, Magnus
Trenholm, Jill
Worku, Alemayehu
Ekström, Eva-Charlotte
Berhane, Yemane
author_sort Abdelmenan, Semira
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description The aim of this study was to understand the quality of diet being consumed among families in Addis Ababa, and to what extent social stratification and perceptions of availability and affordability affect healthy food consumption. Data were collected from 5467 households in a face-to-face interview with mothers/caretakers and analyzed using mixed effect logistic regression models. All family food groups, except fish were perceived to be available by more than 90% of the participants. The food groups cereals/nuts/seeds, other vegetables, and legumes were considered highly affordable (80%) and were the most consumed (>75%). Households with the least educated mothers and those in the lowest wealth quintile had the lowest perception of affordability and also consumption. Consumption of foods rich in micronutrients and animal sources were significantly higher among households with higher perceived affordability, the highest wealth quintile, and with mothers who had better education. Households in Addis Ababa were generally seen to have a monotonous diet, despite the high perceived availability of different food groups within the food environment. There is a considerable difference in consumption of nutrient-rich foods across social strata, hence the cities food policies need to account for social differences in order to improve the nutritional status of the community.
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spelling pubmed-76030092020-11-01 The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia Abdelmenan, Semira Berhane, Hanna Y. Jirström, Magnus Trenholm, Jill Worku, Alemayehu Ekström, Eva-Charlotte Berhane, Yemane Nutrients Article The aim of this study was to understand the quality of diet being consumed among families in Addis Ababa, and to what extent social stratification and perceptions of availability and affordability affect healthy food consumption. Data were collected from 5467 households in a face-to-face interview with mothers/caretakers and analyzed using mixed effect logistic regression models. All family food groups, except fish were perceived to be available by more than 90% of the participants. The food groups cereals/nuts/seeds, other vegetables, and legumes were considered highly affordable (80%) and were the most consumed (>75%). Households with the least educated mothers and those in the lowest wealth quintile had the lowest perception of affordability and also consumption. Consumption of foods rich in micronutrients and animal sources were significantly higher among households with higher perceived affordability, the highest wealth quintile, and with mothers who had better education. Households in Addis Ababa were generally seen to have a monotonous diet, despite the high perceived availability of different food groups within the food environment. There is a considerable difference in consumption of nutrient-rich foods across social strata, hence the cities food policies need to account for social differences in order to improve the nutritional status of the community. MDPI 2020-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7603009/ /pubmed/33081262 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103168 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Abdelmenan, Semira
Berhane, Hanna Y.
Jirström, Magnus
Trenholm, Jill
Worku, Alemayehu
Ekström, Eva-Charlotte
Berhane, Yemane
The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title_full The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title_fullStr The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title_short The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
title_sort social stratification of availability, affordability, and consumption of food in families with preschoolers in addis ababa; the eat addis study in ethiopia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33081262
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103168
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