Overnutrition and Associated Factors: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study between Government and Private Primary School Students in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Dietary habit and food preference related characteristics among primary school students in Gondar town, 2019 (n = 736).

Variables	Response	Government, n = 372		Private, n = 364
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Breakfast intake	Yes	327	87.9	333	91.5
	No	45	12.1	31	8.5
Number of days breakfast intake per week	Once	14	4.2	12	3.6
	2–4 days	98	29.7	115	34.3
	5 and above days	218	66.1	208	62.1
Snack intake	Yes	320	86.0	319	87.6
	No	52	14.0	45	12.4
Snack intake per day	Once	276	86.3	284	78.0
	≥2 times	44	7.8	38	10.4
Meal frequency per day	1–2 times	70	18.9	53	14.6
	3 times	234	62.9	241	66.4
	≥4 times	68	18.2	69	19.0
Place of getting lunch	Home	351	94.4	337	92.6
	Outside home	10	2.7	16	4.4
	Did not use lunch	11	3.0	11	3.0
Sweet food preference	Yes	225	60.5	218	59.9
	No	147	39.5	146	40.1
Foods bought other than regular meal	Not buy	107	28.8	88	24.2
	Biscuit/chocolate	127	34.2	148	40.7
	Cake/ice cream	94	25.3	92	25.2
	Chips	26	7.0	20	5.5
	Potato	5	1.3	5	1.4
	Cabbage	5	1.3	7	2.2
	Bread	8	2.2	4	1.1
Eating habit while watching TV	Yes	202	54.3	222	61.0
	No	170	45.7	142	39.0
Eating habit while reading	Yes	59	15.9	73	20.1
	No	313	84.1	291	79.9
Meat/poultry/fish	No	150	40.3	92	25.2
	1-2 times per week	1 57	42.2	158	43.4
	≥3 times per week	65	17.5	114	31.3
Fat/oil consumption	No	167	44.9	158	43.5
	1-2 times per week	109	29.3	105	28.8
	≥3 times per week	96	25.8	101	27.7
Fruit consumption per week	No	44	11.8	27	7.4
	1 day	134	36.0	143	39.3
	≥2 days	193	51.9	194	53.3
Vegetable consumption per week	No	37	9.9	30	8.2
	1-2 days	185	49.7	190	52.2
	≥3 days	150	40.3	144	39.6
Soft drink consumption per week	No	55	14.8	80	22.0
	1-2 days	205	55.1	186	51.1
	≥3 days	112	30.1	98	26.9