Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in Awash Town, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Dietary intake characteristics of school going adolescent girls, Awash town, 2018 (n = 340).

Source of food	Own product	101	29.7%
	Market purchase	201	59.1%
	Gift	6	1.8%
	Exchange and barter	12	3.5%
	Humanitarian food aid	16	4.7%
	Loan	4	1.2%
Mainly used food staples in the area	Teff	294	86.5%
	Maize	11	3.2%
	Sorghum	15	4.4%
	Wheat	20	5.9%
Number of hunger episodes in last month	No episodes	15	4.4%
	One episode	5	1.5%
	Two episodes	35	10.3%
	Three episodes	71	20.9%
	Four and above episodes	214	62.9%
Diet diversity	Poor (<4 food groups)	167	49%
	Good (≥4 food groups)	173	51%