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

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.

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%

sweetscrisps

fast-foodwhite 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

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

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 a

week

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

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 the

most 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?

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

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 computer

games

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 iutrzymywaniu

więzi towarzyskich

It provides uswoth healthyingredients

It gives us a lot ofpleasure I don`t know

5,4%

89,3%

2,0%

3,3%

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

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

2013/20140,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

30,0%

35,0%

40,0%

45,0%

50,0%

onetwo

threefour and more

0,5% 3,4%

47,5% 48,0%

0,7% 1,3%

47,0% 47,6%

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

2013/20140,0%

20,0%

40,0%

60,0%

80,0%

100,0%

yesno

sometimes

77,7%

3,4%17,3%

81,9%

1,3%16,1%

2012/2013

2013/20140,0%

10,0%

20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

yesno

sometimes

29,0%

11,0%

58,0%40,3%

7,4%

52,3%

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 a

week

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

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 andvegetables

contain the mostvitamins

Bo nie traci sięczasu na ich

przygotowanie

Raw are the mosttasty

I don`t know

2013/2014

2012/2013

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

2013/20140,0%

20,0%

40,0%

60,0%

80,0%

100,0%

just beforegoing to bed

two hoursbefore going

to bed

weshouldn`t

eat supperat all

we shouldeat when

we 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%

relaxingwhile

playingcomputer

games

a napphysical

exercises inthe fresh

air

meetingswith

friends

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

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

2013/20140,0%10,0%20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

70,0%

80,0%

90,0%

It helps inhaving and

keeping 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%

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.