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. 2021 Oct 18;18:208. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01258-w

Table 3.

Meal pattern of pregnant women in Boricha woreda, S Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia, 2019

Variable (N = 497) Frequency Percentage (%)
Number of meal per day
 Two times 102 20.5
 Three times 245 49.3
 Four tmes 137 27.6
 Five times 13 2.6
Skipping meal
 Yes 102 20.5
 No 395 79.5
Type of meal skipped (n = 102)
 Lunch 67 65.7
 Dinner 35 34.3
Having additional meal
 Yes 150 30.2
 No 347 69.8
Number of additional meal (n = 150)
 One 137 91.3
 Two 13 8.7