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
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