Nutrition and Food Science Research Division

Dr.Endale Amare

Dr Endale Amare is a Senior Researcher of Food and Nutrition Sciences and Head of the Nutrition and Food Science Research Division. He worked for acad [...]

Scope: To conduct problem-solving and implementation research on priority areas in nutrition and food, providing evidence-based support for the implementation of food and nutrition policies, strategy and food system, and to provide technical advice to policy makers and relevant organizations.

Objectives:

  • To monitor the status of food and nutrition strategy as well as food system transformation plan by conducting regular survey and surveillance
  • To conduct operational research on food and nutrition as well as food system.
  • To determine the magnitude, distribution, and determinants of malnutrition in the country.
  • To monitor spatial and temporal changes in malnutrition rate in relation to socioeconomic and other intervention activities, and recommend appropriate intervention strategy.
  • To determine the nutritional composition of local diet and recipes developed for different target population.
  • To monitor national food fortification program implementation and explore innovative solutions to address micronutrient deficiencies.
  • To monitor the implementation of Food Based Dietary Guideline and update on regular bases.
  • To conduct research focused on addressing major public health micronutrient deficiencies, encompassing neglected micronutrients, and to design and evaluate effective intervention strategies.
  • To conduct research on diet related non-communicable diseases and explore local solution, monitor food environment including exposure to unhealthy diet and school and community.
  • To research diet-related non-communicable diseases, identify local solutions, and monitor the food environment, with a focus on reducing exposure to unhealthy diets in schools and communities.
  • To create public awareness on healthy eating practices.
  • Identify relevant indigenous and modern food processing and preservation technologies to ensure food quality and safety.
  • To conduct research and utilize digital and AI technologies to innovate and support the effective implementation of nutrition and food initiatives.
  • To promote innovative food product development and local food solution including home-based complementary foods and other innovation.
  • To investigate the interconnected relationships between climate change, air pollution, nutrient deficiencies, and their impact on health outcomes.
  • To provide training in the areas of food science, nutrition, and dietetics.
  1. School feeding in Ethiopia: a scoping review https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17613-4
  2. Multisectoral approaches for sustainable food and nutrition security actions in Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.130.24180
  3. Factors Influencing Under Five Children Dietary Diversity Score: A Cross-Sectional Study in Enset-Based Farming Systems of Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.47739/2333-6706/1181
  4. Exploring diet and food system indicators through data mapping. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20372/ejphn.v7i1.239
  5. Revolutionising multi-sectoral nutrition policy: Insights from the Ethiopian National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) approach, https://jogh.org/2024/jogh-14-03041
  6. Exploring diet and food system indicators through data mapping፣ Ethiopian Journal of Public Health and Nutrition (EJPHN). https://doi.org/10.20372/ejphn.V7i1.239
  7. Application of longitudinal multilevel zero inflated Poisson regression in modeling of infectious diseases among infants in Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis24, 927 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09820-0
  8. Protocol for a community-based, household-randomised, dose–response trial to assess the acceptability, nutritional effects and safety of double-fortified salt containing iodine and folic acid compared with iodised salt among non-pregnant Ethiopian women of reproductive age (DFS-IoFA). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084494
  9. Assessment of Women’s Discretionary Salt Intake and Household Salt Utilization in Preparation for a Salt Fortification Trial in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13768

The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN)

https://www.nipn.ephi.gov.et/

National Nutrition Based Researches

Studies on Nutrition Problem