Food & Nutrition

Consuming diversified food during adolescent period is essential to build healthy and active mind for the future. Food prices increased in the local market due to fewer plantation. Exploring dietary diversity of adolescents in current situation is crucial to estimate diet quality. To assess dietary diversity and associated factors among adolescent students in Woldia secondary schools, Northeast Ethiopia, 2016. Institution based cross sectional study was conducted among Woldia Secondary School students. A total of 411 sample were used for analysis. Simple random sampling technique was performed and interviewer administered questionnaire was applied. Data were entered to EpiData version 3 and statistical package for social science version 20 used for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to present the data. Bivariate and multivariable binary logistic analysis were done. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was computed.