Diet quality of preparatory school students in Awi Zone, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to assess diet quality and associated factors among preparatory school students in Awi Zone, Ethiopia.

Design

A school-based cross-sectional study design was used in this study.

Setting

The study was carried out in Awi Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Participants

A total of 834 preparatory school students participated in the study.

Outcome measures

Diet quality was the outcome variable, and it was computed using the dietary diversity score, food variety score and consumption of animal-source foods. Students with high dietary diversity scores, appropriate animal-source food consumption and adequate food variety scores were labelled as having good-quality diets. Data were collected using a pretested structured self-administered que

SUBMITTER: Demilew YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature