Research Article

Overweight and Undernutrition in the Cases of School-Going Adolescents in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Dietary habit (food frequency) of respondents among school adolescents of Wolaita Sodo town, May 2015.

Variable LevelFrequencyPercent

Type of staple foodTeff47171.9
Maize18127.6
Others30.5

Source of foodOwn product8613.1
Market purchased48173.4
Own product/purchase8813.5

Meal frequency per dayTwice264.0
Three times40461.7
Four times22534.4

Fruit per weekYes62194.8
No345.2

Fruit per day/week 1 day/wk6410.3
2 days/wk16927.2
3 days/wk20731.6
4 days/wk18129.1

Fruit per day Once39059.5
Twice17426.6
Three times576.9

Pulse and legumeYes58389.0
No7211

Vegetable per weekYes61193.3
No446.7

Episode of hunger in past 30 daysNo hunger41463.2
Once7010.4
Twice7511.5
Three times406.1
Four times568.5