Table 8.

Cross tabulation of food consumed and anthropometric data in Oshana and Oshikoto regions using Chi-square

Variable	Regions	Underweight	Wasting (WHZ)	Wasting (MUAC)	Stunting	Overweight
Frequency of food consumption	Oshana	0.972	0.669	0.336	0.796	0.955
	Oshikoto	0.895	0.213	<0.001**	0.604	0.912
Amount of food consumed	Oshana	0.009	0.059	<0.001**	0.304	0.929
	Oshikoto	0.636	0.469	0.543	0.760	0.181
Minimum dietary diversity	Oshana	0.667	0.280	0.531	0.747	0.182
	Oshikoto	0.560	0.854	0.907	0.341	0.549
Minimum acceptable diet	Oshana	0.233	0.781	0.525	0.378	0.242
	Oshikoto	0.895	0.895	0.845	0.825	0.980
Minimum meal frequency	Oshana	0.795	0.205	0.067	0.484	0.702
	Oshikoto	0.595	0.055	<0.001**	0.615	0.623
Minimum milk feeding frequency	Oshana	0.348	0.698	0.438	0.144	0.313
	Oshikoto	0.637	0.826	0.504	0.848	0.921
Length of breastfeeding	Oshana	0.865	0.857	0.252	0.039	0.403
	Oshikoto	0.515	0.055	0.033	0.360	<0.001**
Pearl millet thick/ thin porridge	Oshana	0.809	0.787	0.759	0.707	0.815
	Oshikoto	0.888	0.025	<0.001**	0.747	0.722
Maize thick/thin porridge	Oshana	0.417	0.642	0.491	0.033	0.697
	Oshikoto	0.637	0.311	0.490	0.848	0.772
Beans	Oshana	0.797	0.939	0.931	0.733	0.005**
	Oshikoto	0.398	0.678	0.247	0.762	0.679
Oshikundu	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
	Oshikoto	0.637	0.490	0.311	0.848	0.772
Ombidi	Oshana	0.582	0.260	0.842	0.674	0.170
	Oshikoto	0.835	0.494	0.548	0.718	0.153
Fresh fish	Oshana	0.495	0.824	0.800	0.658	0.296
	Oshikoto	0.047	< 0.001**	0.290	0.323	0.476
Chicken	Oshana	0.738	0.920	0.908	0.813	0.025
	Oshikoto	0.790	0.826	0.504	0.848	0.772
Beef	Oshana	0.537	0.842	0.821	0.056	0.232
	Oshikoto	0.506	0.529	0.548	0.878	0.404
Dried fish	Oshana	0.206	0.840	0.606	0.401	0.093
	Oshikoto	0.497	0.538	0.050	0.139	0.200
Rice	Oshana	0.090	0.206	0.136	0.178	0.540
	Oshikoto	0.461	0.806	0.060	0.687	0.037
Macaroni	Oshana	0.406	0.393	0.278	0.123	0.460
	Oshikoto	0.017	0.051	0.517	0.151	0.279
Milk	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
	Oshikoto	0.509	0.556	0.856	0.642	0.537
Potatoes	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
	Oshikoto	0.160	0.020	0.123	0.226	0.967

^**Significant at p<0.05 and after Bonferroni correction (p≤ adjusted significance level) -constant