Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and professional trajectory of the surveyed health professionals.

	Percentage of the sample
Sex
Woman	76.0
Man	23.2
Prefer not to disclose	0.8
Age
Below 35 years old	13.7
Between 35 and 49 years old	39.3
Between 50 and 64 years old	39.4
65 years or above	7.5
Years working as a health professional
5 or fewer years	7.7
Between 6 and 15 years	19.8
Between 16 and 25 years	31.1
Between 26 and 35 years	27.5
36 or more years	14.0
Highest academic degree
Bachelor's degree	49.1
Postgraduate degree	11.9
Master's degree	26.5
PhD	12.5
Frequency of participation in continuous training courses or attendance at professional or scientific conferences
Never	3.5
Once every 5 years	5.4
Once every 2 years	10.4
Once a year	29.5
More than once a year	51.1
Frequency of reading nutrition-related scientific papers
Never	12.8
< 2 papers per month	58.3
1 or 2 papers per week	19.0
Between 3 or 5 papers per week	5.9
6 or more papers per week	4.0