Survey

1. Comenius Programme – “Healthy Children – Promising Generations”
1. General information.
The survey was conducted in the second term of the school year 2013/2014.
149 children from classes Id , II b, III a, III b, V b, VI d, took part in this survey.
It consisted of 13 questions, which allowed the interviewees to give one or a few answers.
2. Data
Question
Class
1d
2b
3a
3b
5b
6d
total
% 2012/ 2013
% 2013/ 214
1. Do you eat a lot of food and vegetables?
Yes
19
19
11
20
20
17
106
73,3
71,1
No
0
1
2
0
0
0
3
1,7
2
Sometimes
8
7
10
7
4
4
40
24
26,8
2. Which of the following products are in your opinion the unhealthiest?
Sweets
14
0
5
4
2
0
25
36,3
16,8
Crisps
10
3
3
9
5
3
33
42,5
22,1
Fast-Food
3
22
14
12
17
18
86
73,7
57,7
White bread
0
2
1
2
0
0
5
3,9
3,4
3 How many meals do you eat a day?
One
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0,5
0,7
Two
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3,4
1,3
Three
25
8
10
8
7
12
70
47,5
47
Four and more
3
19
13
19
17
9
71
48
47,6
4. Do you practise sports apart from eating healthy food?
Yes
16
21
17
27
20
21
122
77,7
81,9
No
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3,4
1,3
Sometimes
9
5
6
0
4
0
24
17,3
16,1
5. Do you eat wholemeal bread instead of the products from the white flour?
Yes
16
9
4
9
15
7
60
29
40,3
No
7
0
1
3
0
0
11
11
7,4
Sometimes
4
17
18
15
9
15
78
58
52,3
6. How often do you drink fizzy drinks?
I don’t drink them at all.
12
14
9
7
10
7
59
30,2
39,6
Once a week.
7
9
5
17
10
10
58
50,8
38,9
Two, three or more Times a week.
2
4
6
3
3
4
22
12,8
14,8
Every day
4
1
3
0
1
0
9
5
6
7. How often during the day should we eat?
When we are hungry.
0
6
7
0
0
1
14
16,2
9,4
4-5 times a day
0
17
10
17
19
11
84
48,6
56,4
3 meals a day
27
4
6
10
4
9
60
31,2
40,3
I don’t know
0
4
0
0
1
0
5
3,9
3,3

2. 8. What is your breakfast like?
I sometimes eat it eatitititbreakfast.
0
2
8
1
1
3
15
13,4
10
I don’t eat breakfast.
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
2,8
2
It’s healthy and tasty.
27
25
14
25
23
17
131
82,1
87,9
9. Why the majority of vegetables and fruit should be eaten raw?
Raw fruit and vegetables contain a lot of vitamins.
22
25
19
26
22
21
135
88,3
90,6
Not to waste time for preparing them
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0,7
Raw are the tastiest.
2
1
0
0
2
0
5
5,6
3,3
I don’t know.
3
0
4
1
0
0
8
6,1
5,4
10. When should we eat the last meal of the day?
Just before going to bed.
2
1
4
1
0
0
8
16,8
5,4
Two hours before going to bed.
25
26
17
26
24
21
139
77,1
93,3
We shouldn’t eat supper at all.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0,6
0
We should eat when we want to.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3,9
0,7
I don`t know
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0,7
11. What kind of rest is the most beneficial for your health after the school work?
Relaxing while playing computer games.
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
5
2
A nap.
0
6
3
6
1
2
18
23,5
12
Physical exercises in the fresh air.
26
21
17
19
20
17
120
77
80,5
Meetings with friends.
0
0
2
2
3
0
7
20,7
4,7
I don’t know.
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0,7
It helps to make and keep friends
0
3
2
2
1
0
8
5,4
12. What is the main role of a healthy diet?
It provides us with healthy ingredients.
22
24
19
24
23
21
133
87,7
89,3
It gives us a lot of pleasure.
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
7,3
2
I don’t know.
2
0
2
1
0
0
5
5
3,3
13. Which form of work influenced your knowledge of healthy lifestyle?
talks
8
5
3
5
3
2
26
17,4
Role play
18
9
9
0
3
1
40
26,8
Performance
20
9
1
0
10
4
44
29,5
Meetings with dieticians
2
19
10
22
8
14
75
50,3
3. The analysis of the results.

3. Ouestion No 1.
71% pupils, which is the majority , claim that they eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.
Question No 2.
The unhealthiest products according to the children are fast-food, and then crisps and sweets.
Question No 3.
The pupils eat three or four and more meals a day.
71%
2%
27%
Do you eat a lot of food and vegetables?
yes
no
sometimes
0,0%
20,0%
40,0%
60,0%
sweets
crisps
fast-food
white bread
16,8%
22,1%
57,7%
3,4%
Which of the following products are in your opinion the unhealthiest?
0,7%
1,3%
47,0%
47,6%
How many meals do you eat a day?
one
two
three
four and more

4. Question No 4.
Do you practise sports apart from eating healthy food?
The majority of children practise sports regularly and the rest is physically active at least sometimes.
Question No 5.
Do you eat wholemeal bread instead of the products from the white flour ?
40,3% of the interviewees eat wholemeal products systematically, and 52,3% - sometimes.
81,9%
1,3%
16,1%
yes
no
sometimes
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
40,3%
7,4%
52,3%
yes
no
sometimes

5. Question No 6.
6% of the interviewees drink sweet fizzy drinks every day, 39,6% don’t drink such drinks at all, 38,9% drink them only once a week.
Question No 7.
56,4% of the students claim that we should eat meals 4-5 times a day, 40,3% of the interviewees claim that 3 meals a day are enough. 9,4 % of the kids claim that we should eat when we are hungry, and 3,3% couldn’t answer this question.
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
I don`t drinkthem at all
once a week
two, three ormore times aweek
every day
39,6%
38,9%
14,8%
6,0%
How often do you drink fizzy drinks?
9,4%
56,4%
40,3%
3,3%
How often during the day should we eat?
when we are hungry
4-5 times a day
3 meals a day
I don`t know

6. Question No 8.
What is your breakfast like?
88% of the interviewees are happy about their morning meals. They find them tasty and healthy. Unfortunately, there are 3 students among the interviewees who don’t eat breakfast at all and 15 kids eat it only sometimes.
Question No 9.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
10%
2%
88%
I sometimes eatbreakfast
I don`t eat breakfast
It`s healthy and tasty
90,6%
0,7%
3,3%
5,4%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
90,0%
100,0%
Raw fruit andvegetables contain themost vitamins
Because we don'twaste time forpreparing them
Raw are the most tasty
I don`t know
Why the majority of vegetables and fruit should be eaten raw?

7. 90,6% of the interviewees claim that fruit and vegetables should be eaten raw, because they contain the most vitamins. 5,4% of the students couldn’t answer this question.
Question No 10.
When should we eat the last meal of the day?
93,3% of the students claim we should eat the last meal of the day two hours before going to bed.
Question No 11.
What kind of rest is the most beneficial for your health after the school work?
5,4%
93,3%
0,0%
0,7%
0,7%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
90,0%
100,0%
just before going to bed
two hours before going to bed
we shouldn`t eat supper at all
we should eat when we want to
I don`t know

8. The most beneficial for health is, according to the kids, the physical exercise in the fresh air.
Question No 12. What is the main role of a healthy diet?
89,3% of the pupils claim that the most important role of eating is providing the essential nutritious ingredients. For 5,4% of children eating helps to make friends. 2% believe that eating meals is mainly for pleasure. 3,3% of the pupils couldn’t show the most important function of eating healthy food.
Question No 13. Wchich form of work influenced your knowledge on healthy lifestyle best?
2,0%
12,0%
80,5%
4,7%
0,7%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
90,0%
relaxing whileplaying computergames
a nap
physical exercisesin the fresh air
meetings withfriends
I don`t know
0,0%
20,0%
40,0%
60,0%
80,0%
100,0%
pomaga wnawiązywaniu iutrzymywaniuwięzi towarzyskich
It provides uswoth healthyingredients
It gives us a lot ofpleasure
I don`t know
5,4%
89,3%
2,0%
3,3%

9. The meeting with the dietitian was the best form of learning about healthy food.
4. CONCLUSIONS
A. Zobrazowanie stanu początkowego i efektów końcowych
Ouestion No 1. Do you eat a lot of food and vegetables?
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
tolks
special lesson
performances
meetings withdieticians
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
yes
no
sometimes
73,3%
1,7%
24%
71,1%
2%
26,8%
2012/2013
2013/2014

10. Question No 2. Which of the following products are in your opinion the unhealthiest?
Question No 3. How many meals do you eat a day?
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
sweets
crisps
fast-food
white bread
36,3%
42,5%
73,7%
3,9%
16,8%
22,1%
57,7%
3,4%
2012/2013
2013/2014
2012/2013
2013/2014
0,0%
5,0%
10,0%
15,0%
20,0%
25,0%
30,0%
35,0%
40,0%
45,0%
50,0%
one
two
three
four and more
0,5%
3,4%
47,5%
48,0%
0,7%
1,3%
47,0%
47,6%

11. Question No 4. Do you practise sports apart from eating healthy food?
Question No 5.
Do you eat wholemeal bread instead of the products from the white flour ?
2012/2013
2013/2014
0,0%
20,0%
40,0%
60,0%
80,0%
100,0%
yes
no
sometimes
77,7%
3,4%
17,3%
81,9%
1,3%
16,1%
2012/2013
2013/2014
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
yes
no
sometimes
29,0%
11,0%
58,0%
40,3%
7,4%
52,3%

12. Question No 6. How often do you drink fizzy drinks?
Question No 7. How often during the day should we eat?
Question No 8. What is your breakfast like?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
I don`t drinkthem at all
once a week
two, three ormore times aweek
everyday
30,2%
50,8%
12,8%
5,0%
39,6%
38,9%
14,8%
6,0%
2013/2014
2012/2013
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
when we arehungry
4-5 times a day
3 meals a day
I don`t know
16,2%
48,6%
31,2%
3,9%
9,4%
56,4%
40,3%
3,3%
2013/2014
2012/2013

13. Question No 9. Why the majority of vegetables and fruit should be eaten raw?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
I sometimes eatbreakfast
I don`t eatbreakfast
It`s healthy andtasty
13,4%
2,8%
82,1%
10,0%
2,0%
87,9%
2013/2014
2012/2013
88,3%
5,6%
6,1%
90,6%
0,7%
3,3%
5,4%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Raw fruit andvegetablescontain the mostvitamins
Bo nie traci sięczasu na ichprzygotowanie
Raw are the mosttasty
I don`t know
2013/2014
2012/2013

14. Question No 10. When should we eat the last meal of the day?
Question No 11.
What kind of rest is the most beneficial for your health after the school work?
2012/2013
2013/2014
0,0%
20,0%
40,0%
60,0%
80,0%
100,0%
just beforegoing to bed
two hoursbefore goingto bed
weshouldn`teat supperat all
we shouldeat whenwe want to
I don`t know
16,8%
77,1%
0,6%
3,9%
5,4%
93,3%
0,0%
0,7%
0,7%
0,0%
20,0%
40,0%
60,0%
80,0%
100,0%
120,0%
140,0%
160,0%
relaxingwhileplayingcomputergames
a nap
physicalexercises inthe freshair
meetingswithfriends
I don`tknow
5,0%
23,5%
77,0%
20,7%
0,0%
2,0%
12,0%
80,5%
4,7%
0,7%
2013/2014
2012/2013

15. Question No 12. What is the main role of a healthy diet?
B. Conclusions
The questionnaire conducted at the beeginning of the project showed a high level of students’ knowledge on a
healthy lifestyle. The results of the final questionnaire showed the change of student’s eating habits and sports activity. In the students’ daily menus appeared a lot a lot of vegetables, fruit and cereal products.
The numer of students who thought that fizzy drinks, crisps, fast food were healthy lowered about of 20%. The frequency of eating such food is lower then in the beginning. About 10% of the students, more then in the beginning, don’t eat at all or only once the week those unhealthy products. Unfortunatelly, the research shows that the procent of students who drink fizzy and sweet drinks didn’t change They drink them very often. The daily menu is better, the understanding of the importance of eating breakfast appeared. Less children go to school without breakfast, and 87,7 think their breakfast is’ tasty and healthy. The student eat less but more often during the day.The breaks between the meals are proper, and the awareness of eating their last meal before going to bed is proper too. (more than 16,2% than at the beginning of the research). The
2012/2013
2013/2014
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
90,0%
It helps inhaving andkeeping socialrelations
It provides uswoth healthyingredients
It gives us a lotof pleasure
I don`t know
87,7%
7,3%
5,0%
5,4%
89,3%
2,0%
3,3%

16. students are more aware of the necessity of sports activities done in the open air after school ( 80.5% students). The students more aware of all the information (goods eating habits) thanks to tolks (17,4% students), special lessons (26,8%) performances (29,5%), and and meetings with dieticians (50.3%). Those kinds of form of works with the students were more suitable for them.
B. Wnioski
Ankieta rozpoczynająca pracę uczniów z projektem wykazała wysoki poziom wiedzy uczniów na temat zdrowego żywienia. Natomiast wyniki ankiety kończącej projekt wskazują na zmianę nawyków w odżywianiu się dzieci i ich aktywności . W jadłospisach dzieci pojawiło się więcej owoców, warzyw, przetworów pełnoziarnistych. Zmniejszyła się o około 20% liczba osób, które uważają słodzone napoje gazowane, chipsy, fast- foody za posiłki służące zdrowiu. Niższa jest częstotliwość ich spożywania. O około 10 % wzrosła liczba osób, które nie spożywają wcale lub raz w tygodniu ww. produkty. Niestety nie zmniejszył się wskaźnik procentowy liczby uczniów, którzy piją słodzone napoje gazowane bardzo często. Wynika to z upodobań rodziców, którzy sami je zakupują. Poprawie uległ rozkład posiłków w ciągu dnia. Wzrosło zrozumienie wagi porannego posiłku. Mniej dzieci wychodzi rano z domu bez śniadania, a 87,7% dzieci uważa swoje śniadania za smaczne i zdrowe. Dzieci jedzą mniej i częściej niż rzadko i więcej. Zachowują właściwy odstęp czasu między ostatnim posiłkiem w ciągu dnia i odpoczynkiem nocnym (wzrost świadomości u uczniów o16,2%). Są bardziej świadome konieczności ruchu na świeżym powietrzu po nauce w szkole (80,5%uczniów). Do postępu w ich wiedzy w zakresie zdrowego żywienia i zmiany nawyków żywieniowych uczniów i ich rodzin przyczyniły się różne sposoby przekazu informacji: pogadanki (17,4% uczniów wymienia tę formę pracy jako najbardziej poszerzającą ich wiedzę), przeprowadzone lekcje (26,8%), przedstawienia (29,5%) i spotkania z dietetykami (50,3%), które zrobiły na dzieciach największe wrażenie.