This document summarizes a study on the food habits of adolescents and their families in Greece. Students aged 15-17 completed questionnaires about their own food habits and interviewed their families. The study found that families have significant influence on adolescents' food choices, with parents adjusting meals to children's preferences. While many Greek families still follow a Mediterranean diet, urbanization and western influences have led more people to adopt unhealthy diets. The adolescents recognize their diets are not always healthy due to their age and lifestyle factors. They enjoy foods like pasta, pizza, moussaka and gyros. Stress can also impact their eating habits. The study provides insights into the food culture of Greek youth and the transitioning of traditions.

7. ITALY

10. PORTUGAL

11. ROMANIA

12. TURKEY

13. ADOLESCENTS RECORD THEIR FOOD HABITS AS
THEIR FAMILIES’ ONES IN GREECE NOWADAYS.A
GENERAL APPROACH!

14. 
Students aged 15-17 years old completed
relevant questionnaires at school as they
asked and interviewed their families too
about their food habits, exercising and
generally their life style on this matter. It was
realized the following:

15. HEALTH AND MEDITERRANEAN NUTRITION
A HISTORICAL APPROACH

Greece had a lot of problems as we meet in all
developed countries until the end of 2nd World War.
Since 1950 , the economical development was
accompanied with the decrease of early deaths one
the one hand, the percentage of diseases were
increased (heart diseases)on the other one. The
increase of smoking and urbanization led to this but
also it is believed that the most important factor was
the change in food habits in Greece then. It means
that a big amount of Greek population was carried
away by the traditional Mediterranean nutrition
adopting western nutritional habits and lifestyle.

16. FOOD AND FAMILY


Family in a very significant point defines young
people’s nutritional choices as parents adjust their
daily choice of cooking according to their children’s
wishes.
Greek families try to implement Mediterranean
nutrition and plan the cooking of the whole week
sometimes. Once at least every day most young
people eat homemade food. They don’t care much
about the combination of products but they are
interested in taste of the foods they eat. Children
consume many liquids, mostly water because of the
Greek climate which is hot most of the year! Many
young people are affected by stress in their food
habits choice.

17. SPORTS AND NUTRITION

As far as the sports and exercising are
concerned, young people in our country deal
with sports and they don’t care a lot about
being on a diet (in fact only girls sometimes
are interested about diets and calories
calculation, not the boys)

18. FAVOURITE FOOD
Their favorite foods are :

pasta,

pitsa,

19. 
mousaka,

gyros,

20. and

cheese pie

21. YOUNG PEOPLE CONCLUSION

Children consider that they don’t follow the
best and healthiest nutrition but this is related
with their young age mostly.

22. FOOD HABITS-INQUIRY

23. 1. DO YOU THINK YOU EAT HEALTHILY?
A)YES 50%
B) NO 23%
C) DON’T KNOW 27%
c) Don’t Know
27%
b) No
23%
a)Yes
b) No
a)Yes
50%
c) Don’t Know

24. 2. HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU EAT DAILY?
A) ONE 0% B)TWO 13% C) MORE THAN TWO 87%
a) One
0%
b)Two
13%
c) More Than
Two
87%
a) One
b)Two
c) More Than Two

25. 3. ARE YOU AWARE OF NUMBER OF CALORIES YOU GET
DAILY?
A) YES 13% B)NO 12% C)DON’T CARE 75%
Yes
13%
Don’t Care
75%
Yes
No
Don’t Care
No
12%

26. 4. DO YOU READ THE LABELS OF THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY?
A)YES 2% B) NO 18% C) DON’T KNOW 80%
Yes
2%
No
18%
Don’t Know
80%
Yes
No
Don’t Know

27. 5. HOW MUCH LIQUID DO YOU CONSUME PER DAY?
A) LESS THAN 1 LT 19% B) 1.5 LT 30% C) MORE THAN 1.5 LT
51%
a) Less Than 1
lt, 19%
c) More Than
1.5 lt , 51%
a) Less Than 1 lt
b) 1.5 lt, 30%
b) 1.5 lt
c) More Than 1.5 lt

28. 6. ARE YOU FAN OF DIETS?
A) YES 10% B) NO 33% C) SOMETIMES I GO ON A DIET 57%
a) Yes
10%
b) No
33%
c) Sometimes I
Go On A Diet
57%
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes I Go On A Diet

29. 7. CAN YOU CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF FOOD TAKEN WHILE
EATING?
A) YES, COMPLETELY 17% B) ON THE WHOLE, YES 52% C) NO 31%
a)
Yes, completely, 17
%
c) No, 31%
b) on the
whole, yes, 52%
a) Yes, completely
b) on the whole, yes
c) No

30. 8. DOES THE INCOME OF YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN IMPACT ON
YOUR FAMILY’S DIET?
A) YES, TO A GREAT EXTENT 18% B) NOT EXACTLY 33% C) NOT AT ALL
49%
a) Yes, to a great
extent
18%
c) not at all
49%
b) not exactly
33%
a) Yes, to a great extent
b) not exactly
c) not at all

31. 9. DOES STRESS AFFECT YOUR FOOD HABITS?
A) YES 50% B) NO 40% C) CAN’T SAY 10%
c) Can’t say, 10%
b) NO , 40%
a) YES
a) YES, 50%
b) NO
c) Can’t say

32. THE GREEK TEAM
PROFESSORS
 ADAMOY DIMITRA
 PERISTERI ZOE
 PETSA ASIMINA
 TSOURVAKA BETTY

33. STUDENTS
 GIANNAKAS ALKIS
 KLAPANARA KATERINA
 KATRANA ANASTASIA
 KOUTI IRINI
 BAREKA STELA
 PREBENTAS MIHALIS
 TOTI EVITA
 TSAKAS NIKOS
 FARMAKI ELEFTHERIA