About the Authors

Semaw Ferede Abera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

semawfer@yahoo.com

Affiliations Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia, Kilte Awlaelo- Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Alemseged Aregay Gebru

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia, Kilte Awlaelo- Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Hans Konrad Biesalski

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Gebisa Ejeta

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Andreas Wienke

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany

Veronika Scherbaum

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany, Department of Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.