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Article History

Received: 7 November 2024

Accepted: 19 February 2025

First Online: 2 March 2025

Declarations

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: The Helsinki Declaration was followed in the conduct of this study. Before data collection, ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional review board of Dilla University’s College of Health Science and Medicine (Ref. No: duchm/IRB/026/2024). A support letter was received from Dilla University’s Department of Human Nutrition. A permission letter was obtained from the Bule Hora Health Office before data collection. Informed consent was obtained from participants and included information about the study’s objective and methods, possible risks and benefits, voluntary participation, and withdrawal rights. An attempt was made to keep all the respondents data confidential. Respondents were also informed that their answers to the questions were grouped with other respondents’ answers and reported as part of a research study. No other ethical issue is related to the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.