Table 4 Shows dietary habit of pregnant women in Awash Seven District, Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | No (%) |
|---|---|---|
Dietary diversity | Poor | 176 (73) |
Good | 65 (27) | |
Frequency of food taking per day | Three times | 178 (74.2) |
Four times | 40 (16.7) | |
Five times | 22 (9.2) | |
Are there certain types of food taboos? | Yes | 90 (37.3) |
No | 151 (62.7) | |
Types of foods avoided during pregnancy | Reason for prohibition | |
Protein (meat and egg) | Producing a big fetus | 53 (58.9) |
Semi-solid foods (porridge and cereal made soup) | Attached to the fetus body | 12 (13.3) |
Milk | Producing a large fetus and attaching to the fetus's body | 11 (12.2) |
Fruit and vegetable (banana and cabbage) | Attached to the fetus body | 7 (7.8) |
Carbohydrate (bread and other sweet foods) | Producing big fetus | 7 (7.8) |