Table 2 Food consumption patterns of school age children in Shebedino woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 408)
Food types | Frequency (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
At least once/day | 3-6x/week | At least once/month | Never | |
Cereals | ||||
- Teff | 0 | 3 (0.7) | 23 (5.7) | 382 (93.6) |
- Wheat | 4 (1) | 3 (0.7) | 39 (9.6) | 362 (88.7) |
- Corn | 387 (94.9) | 14 (3.4) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1.2) |
Legumes | ||||
- Haricot bean | 107 (26.2) | 95 (23.2) | 176 (43.2) | 30 (7.4) |
- Bean | 4 (1) | 26 (6.4) | 77 (18.9) | 301 (73.7) |
Root crops & vegetables | ||||
- Potato | 11 (2.7) | 71 (17.4) | 242 (59.3) | 84 (20.5) |
- Sweet potato | 0 | 3 (0.7) | 13 (3.1) | 392 (96.1) |
- Cassava | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | 14 (3.4) | 388 (95.1) |
- Enset | 352 (86.3) | 46 (11.2) | 7 (1.7) | 3 (0.7) |
- Tomato | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 16 (3.9) | 389 (95.3) |
- Kale | 202 (49.5) | 184 (45.1) | 18 (4.4) | 4 (1) |
Fruits | ||||
- Avocado | 12 (3) | 34 (8.3) | 270 (66.2) | 92 (22.5) |
- Papaya | 0 | 0 | 16 (3.9) | 392 (96) |
- Banana | 6 (1.4) | 15 (3.7) | 161 (39.5) | 225 (55.1) |
Meat, egg or fish | ||||
- Meat (beef, sheep or goat) | 0 | 0 | 16 (3.9) | 392 (96.1) |
- Chicken | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.2) | 403 (98.8) |
- Egg | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 11 (2.7) | 396 (97.1) |
- Fish | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.7) | 405 (99.3) |
Dairy products | ||||
- Milk | 14 (3.4) | 17 (4.2) | 239 (58.6) | 138 (33.8) |
- Cheese | 3 (0.7) | 0 | 10 (2.4) | 395 (96.8) |
- Butter-milk | 24 (5.9) | 48 (11.7) | 259 (63.5) | 77 (18.9) |