Saudi Arabia (SA) is a country with an advanced nutritional transition, so this study aims to measure the prevalence of healthy food consumption and its context, and to study the effect of Saudi Arabia's policies on the pattern of food consumption among inhabitants in SA. Through an online self-administered and validated questionnaire, the cross-sectional study recruited 590 randomly chosen adult Saudis who were stratified to represent the 20 health regions in KSA. Ethical approval was obtained for this work. The relevant tests were used to code and analyze the collected data. Of the 590 participants, 50.2% were males, with a mean ± SD age of 35.6±10.52 year.43.2% of the participants did not meet the Ministry of Health recommendation in any food group, while only 1.53% consumed the recommended amounts of all food groups. 47.8% of the participants did not perform any physical activity. 34.7% of participants prefer healthy food, 18.8% prefer unhealthy food, and 46.5% prefer both. Most Saudis do not comply with the national dietary guidelines’ recommendations, they are physically inactive, and they use social media in a way that affects their food choices.