Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Early Adolescent School Girls of Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Nutrition and health-related characteristics of early adolescent school girls, Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2016.

Variable/category	Number	Percentage
Consume meat
per week	458	69.2
per week	204	30.8
Consume milk
<1 in week	529	79.9
≥1 a week	133	20.1
Meal frequency
<3 meals/day	260	39.3
≥3 meals/day	402	60.7
Usual food type ingredient
Teff (Ethiopian staple food)	563	85.0
Wheat	51	7.7
Other (maize, rice, barley)	48	7.3
HH food security status
Secure	340	51.4
Insecure	322	48.6
Water source
Pipe water	628	94.9
River water	34	5.1
Bed net use
Yes	260	39.3
No	402	60.7
History of diarrhea disease
Yes	129	19.5
No	533	80.5
Have information about food types
Yes	471	71.1
No	191	28.9
Hand wash after toilet
Yes	601	90.8
No	61	9.2