Table 2.
Nutrition- and diet-related characteristics of female school adolescents in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia (n = 682).
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Staple diet | ||
| Teff | 667 | 97.8 |
| Wheat | 2 | 0.3 |
| Maize | 4 | 0.6 |
| Sorghum | 2 | 0.3 |
| Others | 7 | 1.0 |
| Meals per day | ||
| One times | 6 | 0.9 |
| Two times | 72 | 10.6 |
| Three times | 432 | 63.3 |
| Four times and above | 172 | 25.2 |
| Vegetable intake per day | ||
| No intake | 89 | 13 |
| One times | 358 | 52.5 |
| Two times | 188 | 27.6 |
| Three times and above | 47 | 6.9 |
| Fruit intake per week | ||
| No intake | 158 | 23.2 |
| One times | 344 | 50.4 |
| Two times and above | 180 | 26.4 |
| Meat intake per week | ||
| No intake | 215 | 31.5 |
| One times | 158 | 23.2 |
| Two times and above | 309 | 45.3 |
| Snack intake per day | ||
| No intake | 387 | 56.7 |
| One times | 239 | 35.1 |
| Two times | 56 | 8.2 |
| Items taken for snack | ||
| Cereal & other grains | 165 | 55.7 |
| Fruit and vegetable | 129 | 43.6 |
| Meat, egg, and milk | 2 | 0.7 |
| Hunger in the last 30 days due to shortage of food | ||
| No hunger | 585 | 85.8 |
| One time | 54 | 7.9 |
| Two times | 28 | 4.1 |
| Three times | 8 | 1.2 |
| Four times and above | 7 | 1.0 |
| Additional food bought (consumed) | ||
| Cake | 126 | 18.5 |
| Biscuit | 310 | 45.5 |
| Ice cream | 57 | 8.4 |
| Chocolate | 159 | 23.3 |
| Others | 30 | 4.4 |