Table 3 Dietary intake of children and consumption of goitrogens in rural children aged 6–12 in Lay Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012 (N = 694)
Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Millet consumption | ||
At least once per day | 165 | 23.8 |
At least once per week | 230 | 33.1 |
At least once per month | 189 | 27.2 |
Never | 110 | 15.6 |
Dairy product consumption | ||
At least Once per day | 128 | 18.4 |
At least once per week | 206 | 29.7 |
At least once per month | 102 | 14.7 |
Never | 258 | 37.2 |
Cabbage consumption | ||
At least once per day | 42 | 6.3 |
At least once per week | 216 | 30.9 |
At least once per month | 198 | 28.5 |
Never | 238 | 34.3 |
Fish consumption | ||
At least once per week | 44 | 6.34 |
At least once per month | 108 | 15.56 |
Never | 542 | 78.09 |
Source of drinking water | ||
Pipe | 134 | 19.3 |
Bare hole | 70 | 10.1 |
River | 33 | 4.8 |
Pond | 457 | 65.9 |