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Table 3 Food groups consumed by participant (n = 448) 24 h prior to the survey in WayuTuqa district, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Anemia and its determinant of in-school adolescent girls from rural Ethiopia: a school based cross-sectional study

Food group

Frequency(n)

Percent (%)

Starchy staples a

445

99

Vegetable

86

19.2

Fruit

104

23.2

Tuber

241

53.8

Meat

75

16.7

Eggs

58

12.9

Legume, nuts and seeds b

244

54.5

Milk and milk products

226

50.5

Dietary Diversity Score

  

Low

253

56

Medium

183

41

High

12

3

  1. acereals such as maize, rice, wheat, barley, other grains
  2. bbeans, peas, lentils, nuts, peanut