Research Article
Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among High School Students in Bahir Dar City, North West Ethiopia: School Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Eating habits of high school students in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, 2014.
| Variables | Categories | Frequencies | Percentages |
| Number of days of fruit intake/week () | Zero | 58 | 13.5 | One to three times | 255 | 59.1 | More than three times | 118 | 27.4 |
| Number of times of fruit intake on the day fruit were taken () | One | 166 | 44.3 | Two | 144 | 38.4 | Three and more times | 65 | 17.3 |
| Number of days of vegetables intake/week () | Zero | 43 | 10.0 | One to three times | 269 | 62.2 | More than three times | 119 | 27.8 |
| Number of times of vegetables intake on the day fruit were taken () | One | 158 | 46.7 | Two | 177 | 45.6 | Three and more times | 53 | 13.7 |
| Average times of eating food out of home per week () | One to two times | 194 | 45 | Three to five times | 53 | 12.5 | More than five times | 42 | 9.7 |
| Eaten snack () | Yes | 356 | 82.6 | No | 75 | 17.4 |
| Number of times snack was eaten per day () | One to two times | 338 | 87.3 | Three to four times | 19 | 12.6 |
| Number of times of normal food eaten other than snack/day () | Two | 86 | 20 | Three | 298 | 69.1 | More than three times | 47 | 10.9 |
| The food eaten other than main food () | Cake | 147 | 23.9 | Biscuits | 300 | 48.8 | Ice cream | 73 | 11.8 | Chocolate | 95 | 15.4 |
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Eating when studying () | Yes | 147 | 33.2 | No | 288 | 66.8 |
| Number of times soft drink was taken per week () | 1 to 2 times | 201 | 72.8 | 3 to 5 times | 66 | 23.9 | Greater than 5 times | 9 | 3.3 |
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