Participants’ characterisation (n=1114)
| Age (years) | 19.10±1.72 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 67.7 (754) |
| Male | 31.2 (348) |
| Rather not answer | 1.1 (12) |
| Student’s origin | |
| Lisbon District | 51.8 (577) |
| Another Portuguese district | 46.0 (512) |
| Erasmus | 0.1 (1) |
| Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)+Timor International Scholarship | 0.3 (3) |
| Brasil International Scholarship | 0.6 (7) |
| Another international mobility programme | 1.3 (14) |
| Academic fields of study | |
| Health | 22.1 (246) |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 22.5 (251) |
| Arts | 7.3 (81) |
| Natural Sciences | 23.9 (266) |
| Exact Sciences and Engineering | 24.2 (270) |
| Academic qualifications | |
| Father | |
| Never studied | 0.3 (3) |
| Elementary school | 4.9 (55) |
| Middle school | 19.3 (215) |
| High school | 29.9 (333) |
| Higher education | 43.5 (485) |
| Don’t know | 2.1 (23) |
| Mother | |
| Never studied | 0.2 (2) |
| Elementary school | 2.9 (32) |
| Middle school | 12.7 (142) |
| High school | 26.3 (293) |
| Higher education | 57.3 (638) |
| Don’t know | 0.6 (7) |
| Mediterranean Diet adherence (points) | 6.79±2.14 |
| Good adherence | 10.5 (101) |
| Low adherence | 89.5 (861) |
| Nutritional literacy (points) | 4.77±1.44 |
| Limited literacy | 4.9 (25) |
| Possibility of limited literacy | 11.1 (57) |
| Adequate literacy | 84.1 (433) |
Results are expressed as % (number of individuals) or mean±SD.