SURVEY ON EUROPEAN TEENAGERS EATING HABITS

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1 COMENIUS PROJECT: SURVEY ON EUROPEAN TEENAGERS EATING HABITS In cooperation with the high school students participating in the project we are carrying out a research study on adolescents eating habits. Therefore, we ask you to complete the following questionnaire, whose questions aim to collect some data regarding your eating habits during the most important moments of your day. We remind you that the questionnaire is anonymous and there is no right or wrong answer. All questions are intended for statistical purposes only. Section 1: Eating habits o Sex: M F o Year of birth o Nationality o School education 1. You usually eat. High School (Liceo) Technical School Professional School.alone.with your friends.with your family other 2. You prefer to eat..at the restaurant.at home other. 3. Considering as meals Breakfast, Snack break, lunch and dinner. How many meals do you consume during the day? How many times a day do you eat? or more 4. Do you usually have a snack break during the day? always often sometimes never 1

2 5. How many? or more 6. Do you usually eat dessert at the end of your meals? always often sometimes never 7. During summer do you usually change your meal times? yes no Part 1: BREAKFAST 8. Do you usually have breakfast? yes no occasionally o Even if occasionally: 9. Your Breakfast mainly consists of? carboidrates (bread, biscuits ) lipids (butter.) proteins (meat, eggs, milk ) fruit other Where do you usually have breakfast? at the bar (at a Breakfast diner) at home other places How much time do you spend for breakfast?: less than 5 min. around 5 minutes more than 5 min. 2

3 Part 2: LUNCH 12. Do you usually have lunch? Yes No o If Yes: 13. Your lunch mainly consists of: carboidrates (bread ) proteins (meat, eggs.) lipids (butter..) others 14. How many courses do you usually have for lunch? or more 15. How many times do you usually go out for lunch? never often sometimes always 16. Where do you usually have lunch? at home at the restaurant at school other places 17. In your opinion, at what time should you have lunch? around 12:00 around 13:00 around 14:00 other Part 3: SNACK-BREAK 18. Do you usually have a snack-break before lunch? Yes No 3

4 o If yes: 19. How many times do you have a snack before lunch at school? never often sometimes always 20. If you have a snack-break at school, what do you eat? sugars (twinkie-snack, chocolate, pastries.) salted snacks (salami, chips) carboidrates (cracker, bread.) others. Part 4: DINNER 21. Do you usually have dinner? Yes No o If yes: 22. Your dinner mainly consists of? carboidrates (bread ) lipids (butter..) proteins (meat, eggs.) other 23. How many courses do you usually eat for dinner? or more 24. How many times do you go out for dinner with your friends? never sometimes often always 25. In your opinion, at what time should you have dinner? around 19:00 around 20:00 around 21:00 others 4

5 Section 2 Part A 26. Do you bring food/drinks from home? Yes Rarely Sometimes Often o If yes: 27. Sweet or salted snacks? sweet salted both Only if you don t bring food/drink from home, answer the following questions: 28. Are the prices of snacks and drinks too high? Yes No a little quite very much 29. How much do you spend weekly for food and drinks at school? <10 10 < <20 > Do these snacks satisfy your eating necessity? Yes No a little Quite very much Part B: Every day at school 31. How many coffes do you drink? 32. How many cans do you drink? 33. How many bottles of water do you drink? 34. How many sodas? 35. How many sugary drinks? 5

6 36. How much money do you spend? 0 from 0 to 3 from 3 to 5 5 Parte C: every week,during the snack break at school. 37. How many cans do you drink? or more 38. How many times do you buy food or drinks from the vending machine? 0 to 2 3 to 5 5 to 8 8 or more 39. How many times do you buy your sandwiches at the bar or at the baker s? 1 to 2 3 to 5 5 to 8 8 or more Section 3: Sport Nutrition (if you don t practice any sport you do not need to fill out this section) 40. Do you practice any sport? If yes, which one/s? 41. At what level? Professional: a professional athlete signs an annual contract from 18 y.o. n professional: Esp. in Italy, the athlete is still part of a team society league but he/she does not sign any contract and can train less frequently. Amateur: a person who plays sport on an unpaid basis and usually for fun. 42. How many times a week? more than Besides the regular practice, do you train on your own? yes Sometimes 44. Does your coach give you any diet-advice? 45. Do you eat before training? Yes Sometimes 6

7 45b. If Yes, how much time before? 30 min or less 1 hour 2 hours 3 or more 45c. If yes, what do you eat? (more than one choice possible) Vitamines(fruits, vegetables, ) Fats or lipids (Twinkie snacks, fried food..) Proteins(meat, eggs, fish, diary products) Carbs (pasta,bread,pastries ) 46. Do you eat during your training? 46b. If Yes, what? (more than one choice possible) Vitamines(fruits, vegetables, ) Fats or lipids (Twinkie snacks, fried food..) Proteins(meat, eggs, fish, diary products) Carbs (pasta,bread,pastries ) 47. Do you eat after your training? 47b. If Yes, how much after? 30 min or less 1 hour 2 hours or more 47c. If Yes, what? (more than one choice possible) Vitamines(fruits, vegetables, ) Fats or lipids (Twinkie snacks, fried food..) Proteins(meat, eggs, fish, diary products) Carbs (pasta,bread,pastries ) 48. Do you use any nutritional supplement?. What kind (name it)? 48b. How much do you spend in a month for nutritional supplements? < > c. If Yes, do you know the effects they can have on your body? 7

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