Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle Characteristics of University Students in Cyprus: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 3

KIDMED index questions in all and men and women separately. Positive answers are given as percentages (%).

KIDMED index questions	All (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Fruit or fruit juice daily	73.1	77	69.8	0.26
Second serving of fruit daily	31.6	40.2	24.5	0.02
Fresh or cooked vegetables daily	56.5	55.2	57.5	0.74
Fresh or cooked vegetables > 1/day	29.5	32.2	27.4	0.47
Regular fish consumption (at least 2-3/week)	28	33.3	23.6	0.13
>1/week fast-food (hamburger) restaurant	25.9	31	21.7	0.14
Pulses > 1/week	47.7	50.6	45.3	0.46
Pasta or rice almost daily (≥5/week)	69.9	67.8	71.7	0.56
Cereal or cereal product for breakfast	73.1	70.1	75.5	0.40
Regular nut consumption (at least 2-3/week)	31.1	47.1	17.9	<0.001
Use of olive oil at home	87.6	87.4	87.7	0.94
No breakfast	36.8	36.8	36.8	0.99
Dairy product for breakfast	88.1	88.5	87.7	0.87
Commercially baked goods or pastries for breakfast	30.6	34.5	27.4	0.29
Two yoghurts and/or 40 gr cheese daily	76.2	72.4	79.2	0.27
Sweet and candy several times a day	30.6	24.1	35.8	0.04

⁢ value for comparison between sexes from chi-square test.