Table 3.
Dietary factors characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in public health centers in central zone of Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, 2018
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Meal frequency | ||
| ≤3times per day | 382 | 60.25 |
| >3times per day | 252 | 39.75 |
| Eating food made from cereals, grains | ||
| Daily | 541 | 85.33 |
| Weekly | 84 | 13.25 |
| Monthly or above | 9 | 1.42 |
| Drinking tea or coffee | ||
| No | 179 | 28.23 |
| Before meal | 73 | 11.51 |
| Within 1 h | 249 | 39.27 |
| After 1 h | 133 | 20.98 |
| Fruit intake | ||
| No | 291 | 45.9 |
| Daily | 11 | 1.74 |
| Weekly | 266 | 41.96 |
| Monthly or above | 66 | 10.41 |
| Green leafy vegetables intake | ||
| No | 91 | 14.35 |
| Daily | 40 | 6.31 |
| Weekly | 463 | 73.03 |
| Monthly or above | 40 | 6.31 |
| Dairy products/ milk product intake | ||
| No | 297 | 46.85 |
| Daily | 58 | 9.15 |
| Weekly | 211 | 33.28 |
| Monthly or above | 68 | 10.73 |
| Meat intake | ||
| No | 100 | 15.77 |
| Daily | 16 | 2.52 |
| Weekly | 172 | 27.13 |
| Monthly or above | 346 | 54.57 |
| Egg intake | ||
| No | 132 | 20.82 |
| Daily | 62 | 9.78 |
| Weekly | 343 | 54.10 |
| Monthly or above | 97 | 15.30 |