3rd gymnasium of mytilene - eating habits questionnaire results

3rd Gymnasium of Mytilene Eating Habits Questionnaire Results

•117 students answered the questionnaire (almost half of all our school students)•93 students answered it online, using a Google form•24 students filled it on paper during their domestic economy class

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gvEUYcL_LkybOO77JjPzUebywQoYngPywfE_cjQEXUw/closedform

Questionnaire Information AgeHow old are you?

Thirteen48%

Fourteen42%

Fifteen10%

Questionnaire Information Gender

Are you male or female?

6656%

5144%

Male

Female

Questionnaire Answers Meals

13

92

12

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Number of students

One or two Three or four Five or more

Number of meals

How many meals and snacks do you have every day?


Girls have more meals than boys!

How many meals and snacks do you have every day? Boys vs. Girls

Boys14%

Boys81%

Boys5%

Girls6%

Girls72%

Girls22%

1 or 2

3 or 4

5 or more

Questionnaire Answers MealsHow many meals and snacks do you have every day? 13 vs. 14

year olds

Thirteen7%

Thirteen77%

Thirteen16%

Fourteen12%

Fourteen80%

Fourteen8%

1 or 2

3 or 4

5 or more

13-year-olds have more meals than 14-year-olds!


• Most students (78.63%) have 3-4 meals a day. • 11.11% of students only have 1-2 meals a day.

So they skip at least one main meal.• 10.26% of students have 5 or more meals and

snacks a day. So they have at least one snack between main meals.

• Girls generally have more meals than boys.• Younger students (13-year-olds) generally have

more meals than older students (14-year-olds).• 15-year-olds tend to have even less meals than

14-year-olds. Only 12 students who are fifteen answered the questionnaire, so they have been omitted from the age comparison chart.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Breakfast

51

41

25

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Number of students

How often do you eat breakfast?

Very rarely or never

Sometimes

Every day


Boys have breakfast a bit more often than girls!

How often do you eat breakfast? Boys vs. Girls

Boys47%

Boys35%

Boys18%

Girls41%

Girls37%

Girls22%

Every day

Sometimes



How often do you eat breakfast? 13-year-olds vs. 14-year-olds

Thirteen45%

Thirteen32%

Thirteen23%

Fourteen49%

Fourteen35%

Fourteen16%

Every day

Sometimes


There is no big difference between 13-year-olds and 14-year-olds


• Most students (43.58%) have breakfast every day.

• However, 21.36% of students have breakfast very rarely or never.

• Girls skip breakfast more often than boys.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Fruit

16

79

22

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Number of students

Rarely or never Once or twice a day 3 times a day or more

Frequency

How often do you eat fresh fruit?

Questionnaire Answers FruitHow often do you eat fresh fruit? Boys vs. Girls

Boys17%

Boys71%

Boys12%

Girls10%

Girls61%

Girls29%

Rarely or never

Once or twice a day

3 times a day or more

Girls eat more fruits than boys!

Questionnaire Answers FruitHow often do you eat fresh fruit? 13-year-olds vs. 14-year-olds

Thirteen9%

Thirteen64%

Thirteen27%

Fourteen12%

Fourteen72%

Fourteen16%

Rarely or never

Once or twice a day


13-year-olds eat more fruits than 14-year-olds!

Questionnaire Answers Fruit

• Most students (67.52%) eat fruit once or twice a day.

• 18.80% of students eat fruit 3 times a day or more.

• 13.68% of students eat fruit rarely or never.• Girls generally eat more fruit than boys.• 13-year-olds generally eat more fruit than 14-

year-olds.• As previously explained,15-year-olds have been

omitted from the age comparison chart.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Vegetables

11

80

26

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Number of students

How often do you eat fresh or cooked vegetables?

Rarely or never

Once or twice a day



How often do you eat fresh or cooked vegetables? Boys vs. Girls

Boys32%

Boys56%

Boys12%

Girls12%

Girls80%

Girls8%

Rarely or never

Once or twice a day


Girls eat more vegetables than boys!


How often do you eat fresh or cooked vegetables? 13-year-olds vs. 14-year-olds

Thirteen18%

Thirteen73%

Thirteen9%

Fourteen29%

Fourteen59%

Fourteen12%

Rarely or never

Once or twice a day


13-year-olds eat more vegetables than 14-year-olds!


• Most students (68.37%) eat vegetables once or twice a day.

• 9.40% of students eat vegetables 3 times a day or more.

• 22.23% of students eat vegetables rarely or never.

• Girls generally eat more vegetables than boys.• 13-year-olds generally eat more vegetables than

14-year-olds.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Fast Food

How often do you eat takeaways & fast food (burgers, pizza, etc)?

Rarely or never36

31%

Sometimes73

62%

Very often8

7%


How often do you eat takeaways & fast food (burgers, pizza, etc)? Boys vs. Girls

Boys27%

Boys64%

Boys9%

Girls37%

Girls61%

Girls2%

Rarely or never

Sometimes

Very often

Girls eat less fast food than boys!


How often do you eat takeaways & fast food (burgers, pizza, etc)? 13-year-olds vs. 14-year-olds

Thirteen39%

Thirteen54%

Thirteen7% Fourteen

31%

Fourteen65%

Fourteen4%

Rarely or never

Sometimes

Very often

There is no big difference between 13-year-olds and 14-year-olds


• Most students (62.39%) occasionally (sometimes) eat takeaways and fast food.

• 30.76% of students eat fast food very rarely or never.

• Only 6.85% of students eat fast food very often.• Girls generally eat less fast food than boys.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Meat

15

88

12

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Number of students

4 times or more

1-3 times

Rarely (less than once a week)

Fre

qu

en

cy

How many times a week do you eat meat?

Questionnaire Answers Meat

• The vast majority of students (76.52%) eat meat 1-3 times a week.

• 13.04% of students eat meat 4 times a week or more.

• Only 10.44% of students eat meat less than once a week.

• Girls generally eat meat as frequently as boys.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Fish

26

67

24

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Number of students

Twice or more

About once

Rarely (less than once a week)

How many times a week do you eat fish or seafood?

Questionnaire Answers Fish

• The majority of students (57.26%) eat fish about once a week.

• 22.22% of students eat fish twice a week or more.

• 20.52% of students eat fish rarely (less than once a week).

• Girls generally eat fish almost as frequently as boys.

Conclusions:

Questionnaire Answers Water

1 or less

2 or 3

4 or 5

6 or more

S1

1

16

4753

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Number of students

Number of glasses

How many glasses of water do you drink every day?

Questionnaire Answers Optional Questions

• The last 4 questions of our questionnaire were optional.

• Some of our partner schools did not include those 4 questions in their questionnaire.

• Almost all our students answered the optional questions.

Questionnaire Answers Drinks

1

Fresh juice

A soft drink

Something else

24

26

66

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Number of students

Drinks

Besides water, what else do you usually drink when you're thirsty?

Questionnaire Answers SweetsHow often do you buy sweets, pastries or desserts?

87%

6858%

4135%

Every day Sometimes Very rarely or never

Questionnaire Answers SweetsWhich type of sweets, pastries or desserts do you prefer?

Home made74

64%

Industrial42

36%

Questionnaire Answers Eating habits

How satisfied are you with your eating habits?

2723%

6656%

2421%

Very sasisfied

More or less satisfied

Not really satisfied

Questionnaire Answers Eating habits

• Only 23% of students are very satisfied with their eating habits.

• 20.51% of students are not really satisfied with their eating habits. So they may consider to change them.

Conclusions:

Credits

• The graphs were created using MS Excel 2003 by A. Zafeirellis, G. Kirikis, X. Psani and J. Arvanitis

• The presentation was created using MS Powerpoint 2003 by A Raxanis, M. Dala

• Supervisor: V. Palazis

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