Fig. 2

Scatter plot of adherence to dietary patterns by households’ food security and by households cluster. DP: Dietary Pattern. In the scatter plot black diamonds represent cluster 1 (n = 2247) including university students’ households with moderate adherence to the DP “Fruits, vegetables and foods rich in animal protein” (mean percentage of adherence 66.5 ± 10.2) and high adherence to DP “Traditional-Westernized” (mean percentage of adherence 91.3 ± 6.5); light grey squares represent cluster 2 (n = 3255) including university students’ households lacking adherence to the DP “Fruits, vegetables, and foods rich in animal protein” (mean percentage of adherence 49.2 ± 14) and moderate adherence to the DP “Traditional-Westernized” (mean percentage of adherence 68.1 ± 12.5); dark grey triangles represent cluster 3 (n = 2157) including university students’ households with non-adherence to the DP “Fruits, vegetables and foods rich in animal protein” (mean adherence 32.6 ± 11.7), and high adherence to the DP “Traditional-Westernized” (mean percentage adherence 88.5 ± 10.5). In this scatter plot the points also represent university students’ households with and without some degree of food insecurity. The household’s food insecurity category includes mild, moderate, and severe food insecurity