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Table 3 Food Groups of Young Children in the last 24 Hours Prior to Data Collection Date at Baseline, Midpoint and End point, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

From: Scaled-up nutrition education on pulse-cereal complementary food practice in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial

Food group

Baseline

N (%)

Midpoint

N (%)

End point

N (%)

IG

CG

IG

CG

IG

CG

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cereal & root crops

236 (76.9)

273 (86.9)

281 (91.5)

281 (89.5)

304 (99)

312 (99.4)

Pulse & nuts

96 (31.3)

121 (38.5)

189 (61.1)

135 (43)

264 (86)

81 (25.8)

Milk & milk group

27 (8.8)

12 (3.8)

31 (10.1)

10 (3.2)

134 (43.6)

128 (40.8)

Meat & organ meat

0

0

0

0

4 (1.3)

6 (1.9)

Egg

27 (8.8)

12 (3.8)

42 (13.7)

64 (20.4)

147 (47.9)

168 (53.5)

Vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables

0

0

105 (34.2)

74 (23.6)

192 (62.5)

198 (63.1)

Other fruits and vegetables

265 (86.3)

283 (90.1)

116 (37.8)

133 (42.4)

106 (34.5)

99 (31.5)

Mean Diet Diversity Score

2.1 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 0.8

2.5 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.9

3.7 ± 1.4

3.2 ± 1.4

  1. IG Intervention Group (n = 307), CG Control Group (n = 314)