CONCLUSIONS: This study identified sex specific priorities that ought to be tackled by context specific interventions to promote healthier diets in Lebanon. The fact that sex based differences in nutrient intakes and food consumption patterns were the most noticeable in the adolescent and adult years, hence women's reproductive years call for concerted efforts to improve nutrition for women and girls as this would lay the foundation not only for their future education, productivity, and economic empowerment, but also for the health of future generations....