HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SURVEY

BY TSIRIO GYMNASIUMLIMASSOL

CYPRUS

The History

• A questionnaire was prepared during the Portuguese mobility with 30 questions regarding healthy lifestyle.

• 100 students from each school were asked to participate in this survey.

• The Cyprus team undertook the responsibility of gathering, analyzing and presenting the results.

The Questions

30 questions divided into five categories:

1. Drink2. Exercise3. Food4. Health5. Hygiene

1. Drink

Find out how often you drink …1. Coffee2. Many Soft Drinks3. Milk4. Tea5. Water

2. Exercise

Find out how often you …1. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study)2. Go For A Walk3. Swim4. Take Part In Sports5. Take Regular Exercise

Νους υγιής εν σώματι υγιείMens sana in corpore sano

A healthy mind in a healthy body

3. FoodFind out how often you eat …

1. A Lot Of Salt2. Before Going To Bed3. Fast Food4. Fried Food5. Sweets, Cake, Chocolate6. Breakfast With Full-Fat Products7. Between Meals8. Bread9. Fish10.Fruit And Vegetables11.Meat12.Molluscs13.Rice, Potatoes, Pasta14.Breakfast With Low-Fat Products

4. Health

Find out how often you …

1. Check Your Blood Pressure2. Go To Bed Early3. Have A Blood Test4. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist)

5. Hygiene

Find out how often you …

1. Brush Your Teeth2. Visit Your Dentist

The Results

Next we will show the results of each country as they were sent to us

(The countries are always shown in alphabetical order)

1. CYPRUSFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 24 13 28 19 10 942. Drink Many Soft Drinks 12 18 34 28 13 1053. Drink Tea 0 10 14 24 53 1014. Drink Milk 24 31 27 18 5 1055. Drink Water 0 1 3 5 90 99

6. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study) 4 8 23 32 34 1017. Go For A Walk 2 7 31 28 33 1018. Swim 4 12 38 35 11 1009. Take Part In Sports 4 13 23 19 35 94

10. Take Regular Exercise 3 16 32 19 31 101

11. Eat A Lot Of Salt 15 28 30 16 13 10212. Eat Before Going To Bed 13 21 31 16 21 10213. Eat Fast Food 4 26 47 20 6 10314. Eat Fried Food 5 17 48 23 6 9915. Eat Sweets, Cake, Chocolate 4 11 40 31 17 10316. Have Breakfast With Full-Fat Products 24 30 29 4 4 9117. Eat Between Meals 7 15 32 18 22 9418. Eat Bread 5 14 30 28 25 10219. Eat Fish 5 20 38 33 5 10120. Eat Fruit And Vegetables 2 5 20 22 47 9621. Eat Meat 1 2 28 45 22 9822. Eat Molluscs 28 19 38 14 4 10323. Eat Rice, Potatoes, Pasta 1 4 34 39 24 10224. Have Breakfast With Low-Fat Products 9 18 35 23 18 103

25. Check Your Blood Pressure 22 36 19 15 6 9826. Go To Bed Early 22 23 33 18 27 12327. Have A Blood Test 17 41 26 11 5 10028. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist) 9 27 40 14 11 101

29. Brush Your Teeth 5 2 5 9 85 10630. Visit Your Dentist 2 18 36 28 15 99

Nice Consistency!

2. ENGLANDFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 11 39 23 17 10 1002. Drink Many Soft Drinks 3 6 6 24 61 1003. Drink Tea 29 20 19 17 15 1004. Drink Milk 11 18 18 21 32 1005. Drink Water 22 39 21 20 17 119

6. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study) 18 14 21 21 26 1007. Go For A Walk 15 24 34 14 13 1008. Swim 15 18 32 29 6 1009. Take Part In Sports 11 9 10 41 29 100

10. Take Regular Exercise 7 21 12 42 18 100

11. Eat A Lot Of Salt 19 65 15 6 5 11012. Eat Before Going To Bed 10 10 12 9 59 10013. Eat Fast Food 4 6 3 8 79 10014. Eat Fried Food 14 16 19 26 25 10015. Eat Sweets, Cake, Chocolate 6 8 14 30 42 10016. Have Breakfast With Full-Fat Products 29 19 19 12 21 10017. Eat Between Meals 9 10 6 14 71 11018. Eat Bread 2 4 5 8 81 10019. Eat Fish 12 11 41 22 14 10020. Eat Fruit And Vegetables 15 12 33 21 19 10021. Eat Meat 16 28 12 22 22 10022. Eat Molluscs 88 2 7 1 2 10023. Eat Rice, Potatoes, Pasta 30 14 15 14 27 10024. Have Breakfast With Low-Fat Products 34 15 11 29 11 100

25. Check Your Blood Pressure 81 13 4 3 0 10126. Go To Bed Early 19 12 54 11 4 10027. Have A Blood Test 88 10 2 0 0 10028. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist) 2 25 18 22 33 100

29. Brush Your Teeth 0 0 4 14 82 10030. Visit Your Dentist 9 12 19 21 39 100

Not bad compared to Cyprus!

3. POLANDFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 35 24 28 10 3 1002. Drink Many Soft Drinks 4 10 24 33 29 1003. Drink Tea 5 6 22 28 39 1004. Drink Milk 11 22 36 19 12 1005. Drink Water 2 6 11 42 39 100

6. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study) 4 14 31 28 23 1007. Go For A Walk 7 17 28 27 21 1008. Swim 9 33 30 16 12 1009. Take Part In Sports 5 11 21 39 24 100

10. Take Regular Exercise 7 18 25 27 23 100

11. Eat A Lot Of Salt 11 31 36 15 7 10012. Eat Before Going To Bed 18 26 18 23 15 10013. Eat Fast Food 4 25 45 18 8 10014. Eat Fried Food 3 12 44 33 8 10015. Eat Sweets, Cake, Chocolate 1 5 26 41 27 10016. Have Breakfast With Full-Fat Products 27 29 28 10 6 10017. Eat Between Meals 7 18 34 23 18 10018. Eat Bread 2 6 7 21 64 10019. Eat Fish 14 24 36 17 9 10020. Eat Fruit And Vegetables 3 7 18 37 35 10021. Eat Meat 8 6 20 42 24 10022. Eat Molluscs 56 13 14 11 6 10023. Eat Rice, Potatoes, Pasta 3 5 27 41 24 10024. Have Breakfast With Low-Fat Products 16 16 28 26 14 100

25. Check Your Blood Pressure 37 32 19 8 4 10026. Go To Bed Early 32 30 26 6 6 10027. Have A Blood Test 31 35 21 7 6 10028. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist) 56 19 12 7 6 100

29. Brush Your Teeth 3 3 7 12 75 10030. Visit Your Dentist 8 24 39 21 8 100

Excellent Sample!

4. PORTUGALFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 31 19 22 5 7 842. Drink Many Soft Drinks 5 8 31 26 14 843. Drink Tea 13 19 28 12 12 844. Drink Milk 5 5 13 13 48 845. Drink Water 1 5 6 14 58 84

6. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study) 1 7 32 31 13 847. Go For A Walk 2 13 29 31 9 848. Swim 14 16 29 21 4 849. Take Part In Sports 6 15 20 17 26 84

10. Take Regular Exercise 2 12 25 19 26 84

11. Eat A Lot Of Salt 7 18 38 15 6 8412. Eat Before Going To Bed 6 14 33 18 13 8413. Eat Fast Food 3 13 44 15 9 8414. Eat Fried Food 2 11 48 20 3 8415. Eat Sweets, Cake, Chocolate 1 10 39 21 13 8416. Have Breakfast With Full-Fat Products 12 30 22 16 4 8417. Eat Between Meals 4 16 22 26 16 8418. Eat Bread 1 8 27 23 25 8419. Eat Fish 6 15 34 27 2 8420. Eat Fruit And Vegetables 3 11 22 28 20 8421. Eat Meat 2 3 25 38 16 8422. Eat Molluscs 10 22 38 8 6 8423. Eat Rice, Potatoes, Pasta 0 3 16 31 34 8424. Have Breakfast With Low-Fat Products 6 13 28 29 8 84

25. Check Your Blood Pressure 4 40 32 6 2 8426. Go To Bed Early 9 15 34 18 8 8427. Have A Blood Test 7 38 28 9 2 8428. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist) 11 25 24 11 13 84

29. Brush Your Teeth 1 3 14 5 61 8430. Visit Your Dentist 0 10 29 22 23 84

Not enough studentsAlexandra?

5. TURKEYFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 0 30 50 20 0 1002. Drink Many Soft Drinks 0 0 30 60 10 1003. Drink Tea 0 0 25 40 35 1004. Drink Milk 0 0 20 30 50 1005. Drink Water 0 0 20 40 40 100

6. Mostly Sit Around (Watch TV, Study) 0 10 45 35 10 1007. Go For A Walk 0 0 45 35 20 1008. Swim 0 35 45 10 10 1009. Take Part In Sports 10 40 35 15 0 100

10. Take Regular Exercise 10 30 40 10 10 100

11. Eat A Lot Of Salt 0 20 50 30 0 10012. Eat Before Going To Bed 35 35 30 0 0 10013. Eat Fast Food 0 10 45 35 10 10014. Eat Fried Food 0 5 50 35 10 10015. Eat Sweets, Cake, Chocolate 0 5 35 60 0 10016. Have Breakfast With Full-Fat Products 25 35 30 10 0 10017. Eat Between Meals 0 20 30 40 10 10018. Eat Bread 0 0 30 40 30 10019. Eat Fish 0 35 50 10 5 10020. Eat Fruit And Vegetables 0 0 40 50 10 10021. Eat Meat 0 10 50 30 10 10022. Eat Molluscs 90 10 0 0 0 10023. Eat Rice, Potatoes, Pasta 0 0 10 80 10 10024. Have Breakfast With Low-Fat Products 0 10 40 35 15 100

25. Check Your Blood Pressure 10 65 25 0 0 10026. Go To Bed Early 0 0 30 45 25 10027. Have A Blood Test 35 45 20 0 0 10028. Visit Your Oculist (ophthalmologist) 5 40 45 10 0 100

29. Brush Your Teeth 0 0 30 45 25 10030. Visit Your Dentist 5 40 45 10 0 100

This is weird!Everything ends in a 0 or a

5!!!

The Logic

After receiving the results we:

1. Converted the numbers to percentages2. Separated the questions into good/bad3. Determined a point system4. Produced final results

Converting the numbers to percentages

ExampleFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 31 19 22 5 7 84

BecameFind out how often you: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

1. Drink Coffee 36.90 22.62 26.19 5.95 8.33 100

Separating the questions into good/bad type

Example

Drink Coffee BadDrink Many Soft Drinks Bad

Drink Milk GoodDrink Water Good

Determining a point system

We came up with the following point system

For questions falling under the good type:

For questions falling under the bad type:

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS0 points 1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points

Determining a point system

Example 1

Example 2

Find out how often you:TYPE NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

POINTS

1. Drink Coffee BAD 0.00 30.00 50.00 20.00 0.000x4=0 30x3=90 50x2=100 20x1=20 0x0=0 210

Find out how often you:TYPE NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN ALWAYS TOTAL

POINTS

1. Drink Milk GOOD 11.00 22.00 36.00 19.00 12.0011x0=0 22x1=22 36x2=72 19x3=57 12x4=48 199

Producing final results

After adding up all the points these are the final results per category:

Drink Exercise Food Health HygieneCyprus 1268.07 1166.77 3176.03 687.07 593.91England 879.63 1067.00 2632.45 471.70 647.00Poland 1204.00 1082.00 3067.00 444.00 550.00Portugal 1278.57 1078.57 3116.67 697.62 614.29Turkey 1290.00 960.00 3020.00 655.00 455.00

Best Best Best Best Best

Drink Exercise Food Health HygieneCyprus 1268.07 1166.77 3176.03 687.07 593.91England 879.63 1067.00 2632.45 471.70 647.00Poland 1204.00 1082.00 3067.00 444.00 550.00Portugal 1278.57 1078.57 3116.67 697.62 614.29Turkey 1290.00 960.00 3020.00 655.00 455.00

Worst Worst Worst Worst Worst

Place Country Drink Exercise Food Health Hygiene GRAND TOTAL

1 Cyprus 1268.07 1166.77 3176.03 687.07 593.91 6891.85

2 Portugal 1278.57 1078.57 3116.67 697.62 614.29 6785.71

3 Turkey 1290.00 960.00 3020.00 655.00 455.00 6380.00

4 Poland 1204.00 1082.00 3067.00 444.00 550.00 6347.00

5 England 879.63 1067.00 2632.45 471.70 647.00 5697.79

And these are the final overall standings

So, England, you’d better shape up and get your act together!!!

We would like to thank all coordinators, staff and students

from all five countries who participated in this survey.

Thank you

May we all have a lovely week!