Table 3 Dietary practices of pregnant women in Buno Bedele zone, south west Ethiopia, Aug, 2020 (n = 592)
Variable | Category | Freq | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Facing any cravings for items that you would normally not consume | Yes | 298 | 50.4 |
No | 294 | 49.6 | |
Avoiding any food or diet in the current pregnancy | Yes | 188 | 31.8 |
No | 404 | 68.2 | |
Reason of avoidance of any food or diet in the current pregnancy? | Religion | 101 | 17.1 |
Culture | 179 | 30.2 | |
Make the baby big | 137 | 23.2 | |
Makes delivery difficult | 79 | 13.3 | |
Dislike and discomfort | 96 | 16.2 | |
Current diet frequency per day | 1–2 | 317 | 53.5 |
3–4 | 186 | 31.4 | |
> 5 | 89 | 15.1 | |
Habits of eating snacks between meals during pregnancy | Yes | 274 | 46.3 |
No | 318 | 53.7 | |
Habits of eating more carbohydrate between meals during pregnancy | Yes | 149 | 25.1 |
No | 443 | 74.9 | |
Following your weight during pregnancy | Yes | 390 | 65.8 |
No | 202 | 34.2 | |
Overall dietary practices | Good | 185 | 31.2 |
Poor | 407 | 68.8 |