Dietary Practice among Type 2 Diabetic Ppatients in Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Dietary-related characteristics of diabetic patients attending follow-up at Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 352).

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n = 352)	Percent
Eating out of home	Yes	62	17.6
	No	290	82.4
Availability of vegetables	Yes	295	83.8
	No	57	16.2
Availability of fruits	Yes	291	82.7
	No	61	17.3
Faced difficulty in choosing food?	Yes	50	14.2
	No	302	85.8
Worry about high cost of foods	Yes	188	53.4
	No	164	46.6
History of fasting before diabetes	Yes	120	34.1
	No	232	65.9
History of fasting after diabetes	Yes	72	20.5
	No	280	79.5
Diabetic knowledge	Good	203	57.7
	Poor	149	42.3
Dietary practice	Poor	143	40.6
	Good	209	59.4