Anemia and Its Determinants among Male and Female Adolescents in Southern Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Dietary practices and related factors among male and female adolescent students in Dilla Town, Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, May 2018.

Variables	Male (n = 377) number (%)	Female (n = 365) number (%)
Daily meal frequency (usual)	377	365
Two times or below	42 (11.1)	23 (6.3)
Three times or more	335 (88.9)	342 (93.7)
Daily meal frequency (24 hours)	377	365
Two times or below	113 (30.0)	83 (22.7)
Three times or more	264 (70.0)	282 (77.3)
Main sources of family food needs	377	365
Grow their own	99 (26.3)	74 (20.3)
Buy/purchase	267 (70.8)	279 (76.4)
Subsidies/food aid	11 (2.9)	12 (3.3)
DDS in last 24 hours	377	365
Low	272 (72.1)	262 (71.8)
Medium	100 (26.5)	99 (27.1)
High	5 (1.3)	4 (1.1)
Green leafy vegetable consumption	377	365
None	15 (4.0)	20 (5.5)
Once a week	53 (14.1)	32 (8.8)
Twice in a week	98 (26.0)	99 (27.1)
Every other day	80 (21.2)	74 (20.3)
Every day	87 (23.1)	86 (23.6)
Do not remember	44 (11.7)	54 (14.8)
Frequency of fibre foods	377	365
None	24 (6.4)	29 (7.9)
Once a week	83 (22.0)	61 (16.7)
Twice in a week	71 (18.8)	81 (22.2)
Every other day	61 (16.2)	47 (12.9)
Every day	67 (17.8)	81 (22.2)
Do not remember	71(18.8)	66 (18.1)
Frequency of foods of animal origin	377	365
None	34 (9.0)	21 (5.8)
Once a week	147 (39.0)	118 (32.3)
Twice in a week	75 (19.9)	105 (28.8)
Every other day	38 (10.1)	48 (13.2)
Every day	42 (11.1)	41 (11.2)
Do not remember	41 (10.9)	32 (8.8)
Consumption of tea after a meal	377	365
Always	118 (31.3)	123 (33.7)
Sometimes	207 (54.9)	194 (53.2)
Not at all	40 (10.6)	33 (9.0)
Do not remember	12 (3.2)	15 (4.1)