Dietary diversity practice and associated factors among adolescent girls in Dembia district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Table 3 Dietary practice of adolescents in Dembia district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 462)

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Eating Injera per day(meal frequency)
Two times	85	18.4
Three times	306	66.2
Four times and more	71	15.4
Frequency of eating citrus fruit per week
Once	99	21.4
Twice	70	15.2
Three times	11	2.4
Four times	85	18.4
None	197	42.6
Frequency of eating egg
Always	8	1.7
Twice a week	43	9.3
Once a week	79	17.1
More than two times per month	32	6.9
One time per month	103	22.3
Never	97	42.7
Frequency of using milk products
More than one time a day	19	4.1
One time a day	102	22.8
One time per week	130	28.1
Never	211	45.7
Drinking of tea or coffee
No	67	14.5
Yes	395	85.5
Timing of drinking of tea or coffee
Before	97	24.6
After	298	75.4
Drinking of soft drinks per week
No	272	58.9
Yes	190	41.1
How many soft drinks drink
Once	104	54.7
Twice	35	18.4
Three times	37	19.5
Four and above	14	7.4
Dark green leafy vegetables
No	246	53.4
Yes	215	46.6
Another vitamin A-rich and vegetable^a
No	364	78.8
Yes	98	21.2
Other fruit
No	338	73.2
Yes	124	26.8
Organ meat
No	456	98.7
Yes	6	1.3
Meat and fish
No	443	95.9
Yes	19	4.1

^a Other vitamin A-rich and vegetables: carrots, sweet potatoes, green leafy veggies, pumpkin, liver, parsley and other herbs, milk, fish, tomato, and red bell pepper

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