Table 2.

Eating habits of high school students in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Categories	Frequencies	Percentages
Number of days of fruit intake/week (n = 431)	Zero	58	13.5
	One to three times	255	59.1
	More than three times	118	27.4
Number of times of fruit intake on the day fruit were taken (n = 375)	One	166	44.3
	Two	144	38.4
	Three and more times	65	17.3
Number of days of vegetables intake/week (n = 431)	Zero	43	10.0
	One to three times	269	62.2
	More than three times	119	27.8
Number of times of vegetables intake on the day fruit were taken (n = 388)	One	158	46.7
	Two	177	45.6
	Three and more times	53	13.7
Average times of eating food out of home per week (n = 431)	One to two times	194	45
	Three to five times	53	12.5
	More than five times	42	9.7
Eaten snack (n = 431)	Yes	356	82.6
	No	75	17.4
Number of times snack was eaten per day (n = 356)	One to two times	338	87.3
	Three to four times	19	12.6
Number of times of normal food eaten other than snack/day (n = 431)	Two	86	20
	Three	298	69.1
	More than three times	47	10.9
The food eaten other than main food (n = 615)	Cake	147	23.9
	Biscuits	300	48.8
	Ice cream	73	11.8
	Chocolate	95	15.4
Eating when studying (n = 431)	Yes	147	33.2
	No	288	66.8
Number of times soft drink was taken per week (n = 276)	1 to 2 times	201	72.8
	3 to 5 times	66	23.9
	Greater than 5 times	9	3.3