Variable Frequency Percent
Type of food of in the Household
cereals 350 91.1
Others* 34 8.9
Meal Frequency per day
Once 11 2.9
Two times 55 14.3
Three times 289 75.2
four and above 29 7.6
Frequency of egg intake per week
No intake 154 40.1
Once 93 24.2
Two times 74 19.3
Three times and above 63 16.4
Frequency of meat intake per week
No intake 171 44.5
Once 109 28.4
Two times 53 13.8
Three times and above 51 13.3
Other*: meat, milk, Fish, Chicken, egg, fruits, vegetable, legumes, oilseeds, and Tubers
Table 3: Dietary intake related characteristics of adult tuberculosis patients on Directly Observed Treatment Short- Course (DOTS), in Gondar town and surrounding community, North West Ethiopia, 2013 (n=384).