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Though studies have examined the various determinants of being underweight in people living with HIV\/AIDS (PLHIV), scanty evidence exists about the influence of dietary diversity scores and dietary counseling on underweight HIV patients in Ethiopia. This study aimed to identify the determinants of being underweight among adult patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at Bishoftu General Hospital, central Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nAn institution-based unmatched case-control study was conducted among 279 participants (93 cases and 186 controls) from April to May 2022. Cases were selected consecutively as they occur, and then two subsequent controls that visited the antiretroviral therapy(ART) clinic were interviewed until the sample size was attained. Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire and involved patient interviews and chart review. Bivariate and Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify determinants of underweight. The presence of statistically significant association was declared with p-value <0.05, and a 95% confidence interval was used to show the precision in the measure of the strength of association.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nThe response rate of participants was 91.2% for each of the cases and controls. Monthly income of patients \u22642000 birr (AOR = 6.63, 95% CI: 2.96\u201314.85), absence of support giver (AOR = 3.22, 95% CI: 1.38\u20137.50), being having an eating problem (AOR = 14.48, 95% CI: 5.06\u201341.40), dietary diversity score of four to five (AOR = 2.36, 95% CI: 1.92, 6.08), not getting dietary counseling support and advice (AOR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.11, 5.72) and chewing khat (AOR = 3.36, 95% CI: 1.99,11.33) were determinants of underweight in adult HIV patients.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusions<\/jats:title>\nThis study revealed that household dietary diversity, counseling and education on nutrition, monthly income, eating problems, support giver, and khat chewing were predictors of being underweight in HIV patients. 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