1) A survey was conducted of 179 children from various classes at a school about their eating habits and knowledge of healthy nutrition. 2) The survey found that most children eat fruits and vegetables daily, but consider fast food, crisps, and sweets to be the unhealthiest options. The majority eat 3 meals per day and engage in regular physical activity apart from eating. 3) While most children have healthy breakfasts, a few do not eat breakfast at all. The survey concluded the children have satisfactory knowledge of nutrition but could benefit from further education to help form proper eating habits and a healthy lifestyle.

1. Comenius Programme – “Healthy Children – Promising Generations”
1. General information
The survey was conducted in the second term of the school year 2012/2013.
179 children from classes Ib ,IIa, IIb, IIId, IVd, Vd, VIa took part in this survey.
It consisted of 12 questions, which allowed the interviewees to give one or a few
answers.
2. Data
Question Class 1b 2a 2b 3d 4b 5d 6a total
1. Do you eat a lot of food and
vegetables?
Yes 24 19 24 15 20 18 12 132
No 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
Sometimes 3 8 5 6 4 7 10 43
2. Which of the following
products are in your opinion the
most unhealthy?
Sweets 18 18 7 13 2 3 4 65
Crisps 8 19 20 18 2 7 2 76
Fast-Food 17 24 22 15 17 19 18 132
White bread 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 7
3. How many meals do you eat
a day?
One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Two 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6
Three 12 11 6 11 10 19 16 85
Four and more 13 16 23 8 14 6 6 86
4. Do you practise sport apart
from eating healthy food?
Yes 23 18 25 11 18 23 21 139
No 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 6
Sometimes 3 7 3 10 4 1 3 31
5. Do you eat wholemeal bread
instead of the products from the
white flour?
Yes 7 9 12 2 8 8 6 52
No 6 4 3 2 0 3 2 20
Sometimes 14 13 14 17 16 14 16 104
6. How often do you drink fizzy
drinks?
I don’t drink them at all 15 9 12 4 3 1 10 54
Once a week 8 10 14 13 17 19 10 91
Two, three or more Times
a week
4 4 2 3 3 4 3 23
Everyday 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 9
7. How often during the day
should we eat?
When we are hungry 9 9 2 4 0 5 0 29
4-5 times a day 11 16 15 10 19 11 5 87
3 meals a day 6 3 11 5 4 9 18 56
I don’t know 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 7
8. How is your breakfast like?
I sometimes eat
breakfast.
4 3 2 6 6 1 2 24
I don’t eat breakfast 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5

2. It’s healthy and tasty 22 23 26 15 18 24 19 147
9. Why the majority of vegetables
and fruit should be eaten raw?
Raw fruit and vegetables
contain the most vitamins
25 24 26 15 22 22 24 158
Raw are the most tasty 4 1 0 1 1 3 0 10
I don’t know 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 11
10. When should we eat the last
meal of the day?
Just before going to bed 12 3 5 3 5 2 0 30
Two hours before going
to bed
11 24 22 18 19 21 23 138
We shouldn’t eat supper
at all
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
We should eat when we
want to
4 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
11. What kind of rest is the most
beneficial for your health after
the school work?
Relaxing while playing
computer games
1 1 1 0 1 3 2 9
A nap 17 6 10 4 1 4 0 42
Physical exercises in the
fresh air
22 22 22 15 20 17 20 138
Meetings with friends 11 2 10 2 2 8 2 37
I don’t know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. What is the main role of a
healthy diet?
It provides us with
healthy ingredients
24 21 21 19 24 25 23 157
It gives us a lot of
pleasure
4 4 5 0 0 0 0 13
I don’t know 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 9
3.The analysis of the results.
Ouestion No 1.
132 pupils, which is the majority , claim that they eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.
Do you eat a lot of food and vegetables?
Yes
No
Sometimes

3. Question No 2.
The most unhealthy 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.
Question No 4.
Do you practise sport apart from eating healthy food?
The majority of children practise sport regularly and the rest is physically active at least sometimes.
0
50
100
150
Sweets Crisps
Fast-Food
White
bread
Which of the following products are in your opinion
the most unhealthy?
How many meals do you eat a day?
One
Two
Three
Four ene more

4. Question No 5.
Do you eat wholemeal bread instead of the products from the white flour ?
30% of the interviewees eat wholemeal products systematically, and 60% - sometimes.
Question No 6.
5% of the interviewees drink sweet fizzy drinks every day, 30% don’t drink such drinks at all, 51%
drink them only once a week.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Yes
No
Sometimes
0%
20%
40%
60%
I don’t drink
them at all Once a week
Two, three or
more times a
week
Everyday
How often do you drink fizzy drinks?

5. Question No 7.
49% of the students claim that we should eat meals 4-5 times a day, 31% of the interviewees claim
that 3 meals a day are enough. 16 % of the kids claim that we should eat when we are hungry, and
4% couldn’t answer this question.
Question No 8.
How is your breakfast like?
82% of the interviewees is happy about their morning meals. They find them tasty and healthy.
Unfortunately, there are 5 students among the interviewees who don’t eat breakfast at all and 24
kids eat it only sometimes.
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
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I sometimes eat
breakfast
I don’t eat breakfast
It’s healthy and tasty

6. Question No 9.
88% of the interviewees claim that fruit and vegetables should be eaten raw, because they contain
the most vitamins. 5,5% of the students say that they are the most tasty. The same amount of the
interviewees couldn’t answer this question.
Question No 10.
When should we eat the last meal of the day?
Why the majority of vegetables and fruit should be
eaten raw?
Raw fruit and vegetables
contain the most
vitamins
Raw are the most tasty
I don’t know
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
We should eat when we
want to
We shouldn’t eat supper
at all
Two hours before going to
bed.
Just before going to bed

7. Question No 11.
What kind of rest is the most beneficial for your health after the school work?
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?
88% of the pupils claim that the most important role of eating is providing the essential nutritious
ingredients. 8% believe that eating meals is mainly for pleasure. 4% of the pupils couldn’t show the
most important function of eating healthy food.
4.CONCLUSIONS
The students from our school proved that their knowledge about the healthy food is
satisfactory. However, the knowledge connected with this topic should be extended to make the
children realise how important is the process of healthy eating, help them form the proper eating
habits and inculcate a benefitial healthy lifestyle.
0 50 100 150
I don’t know
Meetings with friends
Physical exercises in the
fresh air
A nap
Relaxing while playing
computer games