A group work about food habits in our school By class III B ITC L. Einaudi Narni (TR) School year 2006/2007

This is a general account of food habits in our school: meals, food, where to eat, diets…. Our class provided each student with a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions; then we examined, translated into English and revised every answer to current situation. Finally we reported all the information in graphics to compare the different answers given by each of us, and to make their reading easier.

1.Where do you prefer to eat? At home? At the restaurant?Where do you prefer to eat? At home? At the restaurant? 2.Do you ever go out to dinner in the evening?Do you ever go out to dinner in the evening? 3.How often?How often? 4.Who do you go with?Who do you go with? 5.Where do you usually go?Where do you usually go? 6.Whats your favourite dish?Whats your favourite dish? 7.Name some food that youName some food that you do not particularly like…

8.What do you usually drink for breakfast?What do you usually drink for breakfast? 9. What do you usually eat for lunch? What do you usually eat for lunch? 10.What do you usually eat for dinner?What do you usually eat for dinner? 11.Do you and your family generally eat together ?Do you and your family generally eat together ? 12.Do you think families should eat together?Do you think families should eat together? 13.Is the television on while you eat?Is the television on while you eat? 14.Do you converse with the other members of your family at mealtime?Do you converse with the other members of your family at mealtime? 15.Do you ever go on a diet?Do you ever go on a diet? 16.Do you think food and eating are important in life?Do you think food and eating are important in life?

Where do you prefer to eat? At home? At the restaurant? homerestaurantother Home 115 Restaurant 36 Other 10

Do you ever go out to dinner in the evening? Yes 141 No 23

How often? once a month twice or more than five otheroften Once a month 41 Twice or more 65 More than five 9 Often 11 Other 15

Who do you go with? Family 46 Friends 98 Boyfriend or girlfriend9 Other 5

Where do you usually go? Pub 8 Pizzeria 87 Restaurant 29 Other 21

Whats your favorite dish? Pasta 62 Pizza 51 Vegetables 7 Meat 13 Fish 3 Cakes 3 Other 4 Favourite dishes underlined by this inquiry are above all pasta and pizza, followed by meat, fish and a small percentage of sweets. Then there is a majority of carbohydrates and proteins and a quite high percentage of fats.

Name some food that you do not particularly like… Vegetables 86 Soup 6 Fish 30 Meat 17 Mushrooms 2 Sausages 1 Pizza 1 Pasta 4 Cakes 3 Cheese 16 Pulses 7 Fruit 3 Eggs 20 Other 2

Foods that arent particularly appreciated are vegetables (fibres), followed by eggs (fats), fish (proteins), cheese and mushrooms.

What do you usually drink for breakfast? Milk 54 Cappuccino 10 Coffee 15 Tea 10

MilkCappuccinoCoffeeTea Milk Cappuccino Coffee Tea Breakfast isnt considered, from many students, important, instead 11% of interviewed teenagers dont have breakfast before going to school. When they have breakfast they mostly assume calcium and caffeine, so milk, cappuccino or coffee with some cakes.

What do you usually eat for lunch? pasta 149 Vegetables 29 meat35 Sausages 7 fish8 fruit24 Sandwiches 1 cheese1 pizza 2 nothing2 Usually for lunch, students consume about 58% of carbohydrates and 20% of proteins and non-relevant percentage of fibres. Only the 1% dont have lunch.

What do you usually eat for dinner? meat102 Vegetables 49 fish22 soup18 Sausages 5 pizza4 fruit20 pasta3 cheese2 nothing12 Most of the interviewed people consume a light dinner; actually 60% assume only proteins through meat and fish.. The 5% doesnt have dinner.

Do you and your family generally eat together ? Yes132 No19 Other10

Do you think families should eat together? Yes152 No7 Other2

Is the television on while you eat? Yes153 No7 Other3

Do you converse with the other members of your family at mealtime? Yes139 No21 Other 3

Do you ever go on a diet? Yes 49 no114

Do you think food and eating are important in life? yes 139 no 6

Generally students have good food habits except for the high percentage of people who dislike vegetables, which produces a lack of fibres in our diet. Moreover too many students dont have breakfast in the morning and it can cause a lowering in concentration and an increase of stress.

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No, not exactly. Even if students think that it is important to Stay with their family during meals, actually most of them watch TV while eating and they dont speak with their parents.