Table 2.

Dietary habit (food frequency) of respondents among school adolescents of Wolaita Sodo town, May 2015.

Variable (N=655)	Level	Frequency	Percent
Type of staple food	Teff	471	71.9
	Maize	181	27.6
	Others	3	0.5
Source of food	Own product	86	13.1
	Market purchased	481	73.4
	Own product/purchase	88	13.5
Meal frequency per day	Twice	26	4.0
	Three times	404	61.7
	Four times	225	34.4
Fruit per week	Yes	621	94.8
	No	34	5.2
Fruit per day/week (n=621)	1 day/wk	64	10.3
	2 days/wk	169	27.2
	3 days/wk	207	31.6
	4 days/wk	181	29.1
Fruit per day (n=621)	Once	390	59.5
	Twice	174	26.6
	Three times	57	6.9
Pulse and legume	Yes	583	89.0
	No	72	11
Vegetable per week	Yes	611	93.3
	No	44	6.7
Episode of hunger in past 30 days	No hunger	414	63.2
	Once	70	10.4
	Twice	75	11.5
	Three times	40	6.1
	Four times	56	8.5