Table 2 Breakfast habits reported by school adolescents’ in Hidhabu Abote Wereda Oromia Region North Shewa, Central Ethiopia 2020
Variable | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Eat breakfast today? | Yes | 227 | 56.5 |
No | 175 | 43.5 | |
Reason for breakfast skipping(for those who skip at least one day per week | No enough time | 152 | 38.5 |
Have nothing to eat | 46 | 11.5 | |
No one prepare it for me | 5 | 1.3 | |
Poor appetite in the morning | 141 | 35.7 | |
For body image | 51 | 13.0 | |
Why you eat breakfast? | It makes me active | 194 | 49.2 |
Hungry in the morning | 119 | 30.2 | |
Parents prepare it for me | 46 | 11.7 | |
Parents will not motivate me if I not eat it | 22 | 5.6 | |
It is one of the most important meal | 13 | 3.3 | |
Who prepare breakfast for you? | Mother | 229 | 58 |
My self | 113 | 28.6 | |
Sister | 18 | 4.5 | |
Others | 35 | 8.9 | |
Where do you usually eat your breakfast (only for regular eater) | From my home | 178 | 75.4 |
On the way to school | 58 | 24.6 | |
Any criteria to decide what to eat breakfast(for those who eat at least one day per week) | Food that is healthy | 18 | 4.6 |
Food that is cheap Food that is available in my home | 43 331 | 11 84.4 | |
Do you think there is anything your school could do to support or encourage you to eat healthy breakfast more often? | Yes | 301 | 74.9 |
No | 101 | 25.1 | |
How they support you if you say yes | School breakfast program | 268 | 89 |
Education on healthy breakfast | 33 | 11 |