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Table 3 Dietary habit among civil servant women in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia 2021 (n=451)

From: Prevalence of abdominal obesity and associated risk factors among women civil servants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021: an institution-based study

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Number of meals per day

 <3 meal per day

50

11.1

 >=3 meal per day

401

88.9

Breakfast

 not daily

54

70.1

 daily

397

29.9

lunch

 not daily

54

12.0

 daily

397

88.0

Snack

 no

311

69.0

 yes

140

31.0

Number of snacks

 No

311

69

 <=2 per day

101

22.4

 >=3 per day39

8.6

 

dinner

 not daily

60

13.3

 Daily

391

86.7

Eat during bed times

 not daily

407

90.2

 Daily

44

9.8

meal out of home

 never

88

19.5

 not daily

329

72.9

 Daily

34

7.5

meal prepared at home

 not daily

87

19.3

 Daily

364

80.7

Oil most used

 seed oil

287

63.6

 palm oil

128

28.4

 Butter368.0