Table 2 Dietary pattern and nutritional status related characteristics of pregnant mothers attending antenatal care clinic in Asossa Zone Public Health Institutions, northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 761)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Meal frequency per day | ||
  ≥ 4 times | 237 | 31.1 |
 3 times | 432 | 56.8 |
  ≤ 2 times | 92 | 12.1 |
Frequency of meat consumption per week | ||
  ≥ Once per week | 473 | 62.2 |
 None | 288 | 37.8 |
Tea/coffee consumption per day | ||
 Yes | 726 | 95.4 |
 No | 35 | 4.6 |
Consumption of soft drinks per week | ||
  ≥ Once per week | 544 | 71.5 |
  Never | 217 | 28.5 |
Fruit consumption per week | ||
 Greater than twice per week | 183 | 24.0 |
 Twice per week | 260 | 34.2 |
 Once per week | 196 | 25.8 |
 Once per month | 122 | 16.0 |
Egg consumption per week | ||
 Every day | 23 | 3.0 |
 Once per week | 230 | 30.2 |
 More than or equal to twice per week | 137 | 18.0 |
 Once per month | 154 | 20.2 |
 None | 217 | 28.5 |
Milk and milk products consumption per week | ||
 More than once per day | 25 | 3.3 |
 Once per day | 75 | 9.9 |
 Once per week | 320 | 42.0 |
 None | 341 | 44.8 |
Staple food of the family | ||
 Injera | 621 | 81.6 |
 Porridge | 140 | 18.4 |
Dietary Diversity Scores | ||
 Poor | 191 | 25.1 |
 Medium | 377 | 49.5 |
 High | 193 | 25.4 |
MUAC Measurement | ||
  ≤ 21 cm | 110 | 14.5 |
  ≥ 22 cm | 651 | 85.5 |