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Table 3 Percentage of participants who consumed different food groups during a week preceding the survey in Hidhabu Abote Wereda (n = 402)

From: Adolescent breakfast skipping is associated with poorer academic performance: a school-based study from Hidhabu Abote District, Ethiopia

Food group

Never

1–2 days/wks

3–4 days/wks

5–6 days/wks

Every days

Cereals n (%)

0

0

0

5(1.2)

397(98.8)

Vegetables n (%)

24(6)

113(28.1)

23(5.7)

153(38.1)

89(22.1)

Fruits n (%)

157(39.1)

137(34.1)

69(17.2)

39(9.7)

0

Meat n (%)

279(69.4)

84(20.9)

37(9.2)

2(0.5)

0

Milk n (%)

215(53.5)

129(32.1)

57(14.2)

1(0.2)

0

Oils n (%)

0

0

26(6.5)

64(15.9)

312(77.6)

Pulses n (%)

1(0.2)

95(23.6)

251(62.4)

55(13.7)

0

Sugars n (%)

141(35.1)

1(0.2)

12(15.4)

167(41.5)

31 (7.7)