Primary School of Polydendri Eating Habits Questionnaire

• 98 primary school students and 29 adults answered the

questionnaire in a face-to-face interview.

• The survey was carried out in January 2014 by 6th grade

pupils, under the supervision from their teacher, Sofia

Magganiari.

• Data entry and analysis was carried out by Antonios

Christodoulos, PE teacher

Primary School of Polydendri Eating Habits Questionnaire

Results

•.See below the sample age- and gender-categories

7-12 yrs old 30+ yrs old

Males 33 11Females 65 18

Total 98 29

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

33

11

65

18

35%

65%

Group synthesis by gender

M F

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

21%

24%

46%

55%

33%

21%

How many meals and snacks do you have every day?

1 - 2 3 - 4 ≥ 5

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

32

6

45

16

21

7

How many meals and snacks do you have every day?

1 - 2 3 - 4 ≥ 5

• ½ of the sample (pupils: 46%, adults: 55%) takes

3-4 meals a day.

• Only 21% of the adults and 33% of the pupils

have >5 meals and snacks per day. This means

that the majority of the sample skips a significant

number of main meals or snacks.

• 1/5 of the pupils and ¼ of the adults have only 1-2

meals per day. So they skip at least one main meal.

Conclusions concerningthe number of the meals and snacks:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

60%

48%

25%

31%

15%

21%

How often do you eat breakfast?

Every day Sometimes Very rarely or never

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

15

6

24

9

59

14

How often do you eat breakfast?

Every day Sometimes Very rarely or never

• Most pupils (60%) and adults (48%) have

breakfast every day.

• However, 15% of pupils and 21% of adults have

breakfast very rarely or never. They should be

informed and persuaded about the significance

of breakfast.

• Adults skip breakfast more often than children

in our sample.

Conclusions concerning breakfast:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

16%

10%

45%

48%

39%

42%

How often do you eat fresh fruit?

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

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

38

12

44

14

16

3

How often do you eat fresh fruit?

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

• 48% of the adults and 45% of the pupils eat

fruit once or twice a day.

• A quite high percentage of adults (42%) and

pupils (39%) eat fruit 3 times a day or more.

• 10% of adults and 16% of the pupils eat fruit

rarely or never. They should be convinced to

include fruit in their diet.

Conclusions concerningfruit consumption:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

42%

45%

43%

24%

15%

31%

How often do you eat takeaways & fastfood?

Rarely or never Sometimes Very often

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

15

9

42

7

41

13

How often do you eat takeaways & fastfood?

Rarely or never Sometimes Very often

• 24% of the adults and a quite higher percentage

of pupils (43%) occasionally (sometimes) eat

takeaways and fast food.

• 45% of the adults and 42% of the children eat fast

food very rarely or never.

• 1/3 of the adults and 15% of the pupils eat fast

food very often and they should be advised to

reduce the frequency of fast food consumption.

Conclusions concerningfast food and takeaways:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0%

50%

100%

29%

4%

63%

79%

8%

17%

How many times a week do you eat meat?

4 times or more1-3 timesRarely (<2 times)

7 - 12 yrs30+ yrs

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

28

1

62

23

85

Rarely (<2 times)1-3 times 4 times or more

• The majority of pupils (63%) and adults (79%)

eat meat 1-3 times/week.

• Almost one third of pupils (29%) and only 4%

of adults consume meat rarely (less than

twice/ week).

• The percentage of adults consuming meat 4

times a week or more is 2fold, compared to

pupils (17% vs 4%).

Conclusions concerningmeat consumption:

7 - 12 yrs 30+ yrs0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

36(37%)

5(17%)

42(43%)

12(41,5%)

20(20%)

12(41,5%)

How many times a week do you eat fish?

Rarely (less than once) About once Twice or more

25%

43%

32%

Twice or more About once Rarely (less than once)

• 4 out of 10 participants in our survey (pupils: 43%,

adults: 41,5%) eat fish about once a week.

• 37% of pupils and 17% of adults eat fish rarely

(less than once a week). They should be advised to

increase the frequency of weekly fish consumption.

• The percentage of adults consuming fish twice a

week or more is twice so high, compared to

pupils (41,5% vs 20%).

Conclusions concerningfish consumption:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

24 (24,5%)

5 (17%)

24 (24,5%)

10 (35%)

50 (51%)

14 (48%)

How many glasses of water do you drink every day?

> 5 4 ή 5 2 ή 3

• The majority of pupils (51%) and adults (48%)

drink more than 5 glasses of water/day.

• One fourth of pupils (24,5%) and ~1/3 of

adults (35%) drink 4 to 5 glasses of water/day.

• 25% of pupils and 17% of adults drink only 2-3

glasses of water/day.

Conclusions concerningdrinking water:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

14 (14%)

16 (55%)

29 (30%)

9 (31%)

55 (56%)

4 (14%)

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

Fresh juice Soft drinks Other

• The majority of pupils (56%), but only 14% of

adults use to drink fresh juice.

• 1/3 of pupils and adults drink soft drinks.

• 14% of pupils and 55% of adults use to

consume other types of drinks.

Conclusions concerningother drinks:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

39(40%)

17(59%)

46(47%)

9(31%)

13(13%)

3(10%)

How often do you buy sweets, pastries or desserts?

Very rarely or neverSometimesEvery day

• The majority of adults (60%) and 4 out of 10

children (43%) in our survey buy sweets and

desserts rarely.

• 47% of pupils and 31% of adults consume desserts

sometimes/week.

• 13% of pupils and 10% of adults consume desserts

daily.

Conclusions concerningsweets consumption:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

45 (46%)

9 (31%)

39 (40%)

8 (28%)

14 (14%)

12 (41%)

How satisfied are you with your eating habits?

Very satisfied Quite satisfied Not really

• 46% of pupils and 31% of adults are very satisfied

with their eating habits.

• 40% of pupils and 28% of adults are quite

satisfied with their eating habits.

• Only 14% of pupils are not really satisfied with

their eating habits. So they may consider to change

them. The percentage of adults not really satisfied

with their eating habits is significantly higher (41%).

Conclusions concerningsatisfaction regarding eating habits:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

47 (48%)

24 (83%)

22 (22%)

2 (7%)

29 (30%)

3 (10%)

How many times per week do you exercise?

>6 times/week 4-6 times/week 1-3 times/week

• Only 30% of children and 10% of adults exercise

almost daily.

• 22% of pupils and 7% of adults exercise 4 to 6

times per week.

• Most children (48%) and the vast majority of

adults (83%) exercise only 1 to 3 times per

week.

Conclusions concerning exercise frequency:

7 - 12 yrs

30+ yrs

27 (28%)

0

45 (46%)

2 (7%)

26 (26%)

27 (93%)

Do you use bike for your transportation?

Never Often Always

• Only 28% of children and no adults use always

bicycle for their transportation.

• 46% of pupils and 7% of adults often use bicycle

for their transportation.

• 26% of children and the vast majority of adults

(93%) NEVER use bicycle for their transportation.

Conclusions concerning use of bicycle:

Credits

• Supervisor: Sofia Magganiari• The graphs and the presentation were created

using MS Excel and MS Powerpoint 2003 by A. Christodoulos.

• We thank all participants for their time.