Introduction: in Ethiopia, adolescents account for 20-26% of the general population. This period is a window of opportunity to break the int
Introduction: in Ethiopia, adolescents account for 20-26% of the general population. This period is a window of opportunity to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. However, there is a scarcity of data on the status of animal source food consumption in these segments of the population. Methods: a community-based crosssectional study design was employed using a cluster sampling technique to collect data from 451 households where adolescent girls are family member. Data were entered into Epi-Data version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Logistic regression analysis was performed. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs), along with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs), were used, and the level of statistical significance was declared at a p-value of <0.05. Results: a total of 434 households with adolescent girls were involved. We found that 41.7% of households were food insecure, 71.9% (C.I. 67.5-75.8) of adolescent girls consumed at least one category of animal source food. Controlling for others, household food insecurity (AOR=0.24, 95% C.I. 0.15-0.38), household wealth index (AOR=0.31, 95% C.I.=0.16-0.59, AOR=0.30, 95% C.I.=0.16-0.58) and lack of exposure to information (AOR=0.34, 95% C.I.=0.20-0.57) were significant predictors of animal source food consumption. Conclusion: a significant portion of households were food insecure, which adversely affects the consumption of animal source food and may trigger vicious cycles of malnutrition. Given that adolescence is the second period in human life during which rapid growth and development occurs, improving the dietary quality of adolescent girls is to be an agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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