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							       Habits of Polish students
      As a part of the Comenius project “Cook alive”, we made a questionnaire about
students’ eating habits. 50 pupils took part in the examination.

       Majority of respondents -       44 % eat only three meals per day, 32% of
people eat four meals, and only 18% eat five meals a day.

Dishes that most respondents eat (for dinner) are:
• Chicken fillets
• “Bigos” (cooked cabbage with meat and sausages)
• Pasta with cottage cheese
• Omelette
• Pizza
• Chips
• Cabbage
• Spaghetti
• Salads
• Soups (chicken broth, tomato soup)

        Most         of our respondents   (56%) have some        fruit and vegetables
in their daily diet. 28% eat vegetables and fruit 2-3 times a week, 4% eat them once
a week and 6% consume fruit and vegetables rarely or not at all.

       54% of respondents admit that they often eat sweets, while 46% feel that they rarely
or never have them in their diet.

      The conducted questionnaire demonstrates also what pupils of our secondary school
most often have for their packed lunch. Main meals are:

• sandwiches and rolls
• pastries
• bagels
• chips
• sweets (candy bars, chocolate, lollipops, etc.)

Quite a big number of students also state that while they are at school they eat no meals.

       8% of people answer that they often eat fast              -   food. 68%    feel   that
they rarely eat such food. Other people never eat fast - food.

       67% of students participating in the study write that they drink fizzy drinks, 12% say
they rarely have such drinks, while 21% never drink carbonated drinks.
         Thanks to the conversation with Mrs. Agnieszka, who runs the school shop, we learnt
that …

        Our students rarely take lunch or sandwiches to school so they buy them in the
school     store. Most take bagels,   which are the      best    at    our    school, pastries
and sweets: chocolate bars (such as snickers), and lollipops. Some of the students eat dinner
at the canteen, which is located in elementary school. Fortunately, the sale of crisps
and fizzy drinks was withdrawn from the school. There was also an attempt to introduce
healthy foods -yoghurt and fruit but the interest in these products was too small.
Besides, recently more students begin to buy mineral water, and less soda and jelly beans.

      In      the near    future the    school    shop doesn’t promise any     changes. If,
however, students      propose to      introduce something      which      is not    very
unhealthy, it may "appear on the shelves. "

       You     can      also say that students respond very     well to    changes.   Besides,
if something isn’t in the shop, then they go to the store near the school.