Table 4.
Dietary intakes of pregnant women attending antenatal care, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
| Characteristics | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of meals/day | < 3 | 46 | 11.4 |
| 3 | 282 | 70.1 | |
| > 3 | 74 | 18.4 | |
| Family food source | Grow their own | 70 | 17.4 |
| Buy/purchase | 330 | 82.1 | |
| Subsidies/food aid | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Dietary diversity | Low | 267 | 66.4 |
| Medium | 123 | 30.6 | |
| High | 12 | 3.0 | |
| Home gardening | Yes | 31 | 7.7 |
| No | 371 | 92.3 | |
| Animal food source | Yes | 128 | 31.8 |
| No | 274 | 68.2 | |
| Coffee intake | Yes | 246 | 61.2 |
| No | 156 | 38.8 | |
| Number of cup of coffee per day | ≤ 3 | 190 | 77.2 |
| > 3 | 56 | 22.8 | |