Risk Factors of Stunting and Wasting among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Household Food Insecurity of Jima Geneti District, Western Oromia, Ethiopia: An Observational Study

Table 2

Household food security status of the participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Worried about not having enough food
Yes	86	17.2
No	414	82.8
Not able to eat the kinds of foods he/she preferred
Yes	143	28.6
No	357	71.4
Ate just a few kinds of food day after day
Yes	119	23.8
No	381	76.2
Ate food that he/she preferred not to eat
Yes	247	49.4
No	253	50.6
Ate a smaller meal than he/she felt was needed
Yes	313	62.6
No	187	37.4
Ate fewer meals in a day
Yes	123	24.6
No	377	75.4
No food at all
Yes	43	8.6
No	457	91.4
Went to sleep at night hungry
Yes	106	21.2
No	394	78.8
Household food security status
Food secure	402	80.4
Food insecure	98	19.6

Source: [23].