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Table 4 Distribution of health behaviours among Portuguese adolescents (n = 4036)

From: Clustering of health-related behaviours and its relationship with individual and contextual factors in Portuguese adolescents: results from a cross-sectional study

Behavioural item

Dietary behaviours

n

once a week or less

2 to 6 days/week

Daily

  Eat fruits, times/week

4013

641 (15,97)

1627 (40,54)

1745 (43,48)

  Eat vegetables, times/week

3998

975 (24,39)

1921 (48,05)

1102 (27,56)

  Eat sweets, times/week

3999

1575 (39,38)

1743 (43,59)

681 (17,03)

  Drink soft drinks, times/week

4000

1687 (42,18)

1440 (36,00)

873 (21,83)

Physical activity

 

2 days or less

3 to 4 days

5 days or more

60 min of physical activity last week, days

3998

1505 (37,64)

1287 (20,89)

1206 (30,17)

Screen-based activities

 

2 h or less

3 to 4 h

5 h or more

  Watching TV, hours/day

3792

1340 (35,30)

2012 (53,10)

440 (11,60)

  Videogaming, hours/day

3815

2608 (68,40)

988 (25,90)

219 (5,70)

  Computer use, hours/day

3809

2208 (58,00)

1300 (34,10)

301 (7,90)

Substance use

 

never

once or twice

more than twice

  Smoked cigarettes last 30 days, times

3995

3552 (88,91)

219 (5,48)

254 (6,36)

  Drunk alcohol last 30 days, times

3976

2696 (67,81)

865 (21,76)

415 (10,44)

  Been drunk last 30 days, times

3971

3690 (92,92)

223 (5,62)

58 (1,46)

  Cannabis use last 30 days, times

3926

3833 (97,63)

41 (1,04)

52 (1,32)

  1. Data are presented in n (%)