Biography:
Mr. Kifle Habte Balcha has been a Food Science and Human Nutritionist and an Associate Researcher at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Department of Nutrition, Environmental Health, and Non-Communicable Disease Research, since 2010. Currently, he is a PhD fellow in Human Nutrition at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He graduated with an MSc in Food Science and Nutrition and a BSc in Applied Chemistry at the Addis Ababa University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences in Ethiopia. He has published in several journals as a first author as well as a co-author.
Title : Energy and nutrient intake gaps and socioeconomic determinants of ultra-processed and less-processed foods consumed in Ethiopia: Evidence from national food consumption survey