Table 3.
Nutritional and health-related factors for the study participants in womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sickness in the last month. | Yes | 128 | 19.2 |
| No | 540 | 80.8 | |
| Admission due to nutrition-related problem in the last one month | Yes | 9 | 1.3 |
| No | 659 | 98.7 | |
| Distance of respondent’s household from the nearby health facility | ≤5km | 487 | 72.9 |
| >5km | 181 | 27.1 | |
| Nutritional status (BMI) | Normal nutritional status (18.5-24.99 kg/m2) | 487 | 72.9 |
| Underweight (less than 18.5 kg/m2) | 170 | 25.4 | |
| Overweight (> 25 kg/m2) | 11 | 1.6 | |