Table 2.

Percentage of individuals who complied with the recommended frequency of consumption (weekly) of the foods included in the “MD adherence questionnaire”.

Items of the Questionnaire Corresponding to Good Adherence to MD	% Individuals over the Total Sample Who Fulfilled the Recommended Pattern of Consumption of Each Food
Use olive oil as the principal source of fat for cooking	92.7%
≥4 tablespoons of oil/day	41.2%
≥2 servings of vegetables/day	49.8%
≥3 servings of fruit/day	21.8%
<1 serving of red meat, hamburgers, sausage/day	68.2%
<1 serving of butter, margarine, cream/day	97.6%
<1 serving of carbonated sweetened beverages/day	90.3%
≥3 servings of legumes/week	33.2%
≥3 servings of fish or seafood/week	21.5%
<2 servings of commercial pastries/week	54.7%
≥3 servings of nuts/week	38.1%
Prefers white meat over red meat	83%
≥2 times/week homemade tomato sauce	71.3%
Individuals with good adherence to MD based on proposed cut-off value (total score ≥ 9 points)	35.6%