Key messages

 Diversify your diet by selecting from at least

4 food groups in every meal and 6 food groups

every day.
 6 Food groups in Ethiopia’s Food-Based Dietary Guidelines

1. Cereal, grains, white roots and tubers

2. Legumes
3. Milk and dairy foods;

4. Meat, fish and egg

5. Fruits and vegetables

6. Fats and oils
 Food Groups
2. Cereals
1. Meat, fish and  Teff 3. Legumes
egg  Wheat  Pea
 Barley
 Fish  Maize
 bean
 Egg  Millet

4 . Fruits and vegetables

 Oranges
 Mango Milk and 6. Fats & Oils
 Papaya
 Avocado
diary
 Cabbage products
 Lettuce
 Tomato
2: Every day, eat 80–120 grams of legumes
such as beans, chickpeas, peas or lentils.

3: Eat 100–200 grams of various fruits and

vegetables of different colors every day, such as
bananas, papayas, kale, carrots and tomatoes
4: Diversify your diet with 10–20 grams of nuts
and oilseeds such as groundnuts, and sunflower
or sesame seeds.
5: Add animal-source foods such as eggs and

meat (60 grams) and dairy foods (300–400

grams) to your meals every day.

6: Drink 8–10 large glasses of clean water daily

7: Be physically active for at least 30 minutes

a day.

8: Take up to 15–20 grams of fats and oils per day.

9: Limit intake of sugar, sweets and soft drinks

to below 30 grams per day.

10: Limit salt intake to below 5 grams per day

11: Limit alcoholic drinks – both factory-
processed and homemade – to no more than 2
glasses per week.
Food Groups for children < 2 years
1. Breast milk
2. Grains , tubers and roots
3. legumes and nuts
4. Dairy products
5. Flesh foods
6. Eggs
7. Vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables
8. Other fruits and vegetables
 Recommendations
 Take at least 5 food groups at each meal
 Incorporate one of animal food sources in
each meal
 Continue Breast feeding till 2 years and
beyond
 Food groups for PLW
1. Grains roots and tubers
2. Pulses
3. Nuts and seeds
4. Dairy
5. Meat, poultry and fish
6. Eggs
7. Dark green leafy and vegetables
 Cont….
8. Other vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables
9. Other vegetables
10. Other fruits
 Recommendations
 At least 5 food groups at each meal