Double Burden of Malnutrition among Female Adolescent Students in Bahir Dar City, Amhara, Ethiopia

Table 2

Nutrition- and diet-related characteristics of female school adolescents in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia ().

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