The document summarizes the results of questionnaires given to students, mothers, and teachers at a school regarding healthy lifestyle habits. Some key findings:
- Most students (79%) eat breakfast daily, preferring milk and cereals or toast. Mothers' responses matched the children's.
- While most students eat fruits, a few rarely or never do. Teachers encourage fruit/vegetable consumption in various ways.
- Favorite foods included traditional Portuguese meals. Most students drank water and ate sandwiches for snacks.
- Television watching and computer use was mostly less than 1 hour per day. Favorite sports were soccer, cycling, and walking.
- Teachers emphasized healthy eating, exercise, and discussed l
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The School’s population is:
189 students;
24 Teachers
We passed the questionnaire to:
34 children (sample formed by one class from elementary school (4.º level) and two
classes from gymnasium): they represent 30% of all the children at school;
8 teachers: they represent 33% of all the teachers at school;
We gave the questionnaire to 18 mothers (kindergarten). They represent 50% of the
children’s mothers.
Our school is a kindergarten, elementary school and gymnasium (2º
and 3º levels). The children’s age are since 3 to 16 years old.
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children questionnaire
79% - of children eat breakfast
All of them drink milk at this first meal.
They prefer milk with cereals (9) and
milk with toasts (8).
79%
12%
9%
always
normally;
sometimes
1.Do you ever take breakfast
before going to school?
Students
4%
2%2%2%
2%
7%
2%
9%
34%
32%
4%
wafers
Cereal with milk
milk 1sandes
milk toast
milk with bread and
butter
yogurt
fruit
milk
chocolate milk
bread and butter
slice of cake
what do you eat?
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The mothers's responses
coincides with the children's.
90% - of children eat always
the breakfast at home.
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mothers questionnaire
82%
6%
6%
6%
always
Normally
Sometimes
no answer
c h ild r e n 's b r e a k f a s t m e a l w it h m o t h e r s
7%
14%
7%
7%
26%
12%
5%
12%
5%
5%
milk with biscuits (Maria)
milk with cereals
toast with ham
toast with cheese
milk and toasts
milk, bread and butter
CERELAC
milk
milk with chocolate
yogurt
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one child rarely ate fruit and another one never do it.
Two children never eat vegetables
Three of them rarely ate vegetables.
Seven children eat fruits and vegetables once or
twice a day.
Thirteen children eat fruit on all meals.
Six of them do eat vegetables on all meals.
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children questionnaire
78%
8%
3%
11%
Breakfast
At lunch and dinner;
Outside meals 1 or 2
times a day;
Rarely;
When do you eat fruits?
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- 94% of mothers speak with their
children to encourage them to
eat fruit and vegetables.
- 44% of them explain the
benefits
-13% use vegetable soup
- 6% use natural juice
- 6% use salads
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mothers questionnaireDo you encourage your child to eat
fruit and vegetables?
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Nobody eats chips or fruit
on small meals
The most part of them eat
a sandwich (71%).
Some children drink milk
and eat a sandwich (16%).
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9%
71%
2%
3%
3%
3%
3%3%3%
Fruit or Vegetable
Sandwiches with milk or juice;
Crisps;
Croissant with Chocolate
Cereals with milk
Biscuits with yogurt
Cereal barritas
Milk Bread
cupcake
What do you usually eat , between
classes?
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Results
- 58% of children rarely eat fast
food;
- 42% of them rarely drink gas.
18%
66%
13%
3%
Every day;
Some days a week;
rarely;
Never.
no answer
How often do you eat fast food?
6%
41%
31%
22%
Every day;
Some days a week;
rarely;
Never.
How often do you drink, drinks
with gas?
71%
26%
3%
3 or more cups per day
1or 2 cups per day
Rarely drink water;
How much water do you drink
per day?
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children questionnaire
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Children’s prefered drinks
38% - Ice–tea
21% - water
13% - orange juice
- 26% of children prefer
vegetables soup
- 26% preferred traditional
meals
5%
3%
3%
12%
5%
11%
15%
15%
3%
5%
8%
3%
3%
3%
3% 3%
pasta, cheese and ham
vegetable soup and
vegetables
Bitoque
Strogonof
salad
pizza / lasagna
roast chicken (fried
potatoes, rice salad)
pasta with meat
Rice (duck, Valenciana)
cod with cream
lasagna
Tomato rice w / horse
mackerel
chips
quiche
wafers
no answer
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children questionnaire
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- 50% Children lunch at school
- 50% Children lunch at home
- 39% never eat fast food
- 37% rarely eat fast food
- 17% eat fast food once a week
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mothers questionnaire
How often your child eats fast food?
6%
59%
35% Once a week or less
rarely
never
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Most children is less than 1 hour a
day watching TV (42%).
Most children is less than 1 hour a
day on computer(55%).
15%
9%
41%
32%
3%
over 4 hour
2-4 hours daily;
1-2 hours daily;
Less than 1 hour per day
no answer
How many hours do you see TV?
12%
21%
29%
38%
Over 4 hours daily;
2-4 hours daily;
1-2 hours daily;
Less than 1 hour per day
How many hours do you spendon
computer per day?
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children questionnaire
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24%
26%
4%2%
4%
2%
5%
15%
2%
4%
2%
4%
2%4%
athletics
football
swimming
basketball
badminton
skating
walk
cycling / mountain biking
abdominal exercises
judo
tennis
balet
Caught game
no answer
Student's Sports
on free time
The children’s
favorite sports are
soccer (25%),
cycling (21%) and
walking (12%).
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children questionnaire
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29% of mothers do sports
sometimes a week, with their
children.
27% of them rarely do sports
with the children,
20% pratice sports once a
week with the children.
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mothers questionnaire
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How works healthy lifestyle habits:
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teachers questionnaire
healthy lifestyle habits
8
8
8
8
8
Comida e bebida saudáveis;
A prática de desporto;
Os prejuízos de uma
alimentaçao incorrecta e/ou
pobre em nutrientes;
Os prejuízos que advém da
falta de prática desportiva;
As implicações do
sedentarismo na vida
quotidiana…
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How they stimulate students:
•Organize sport tournaments - 1
•Organize hiking/bicycle trips - 6
•Going to the swimming pool - 2
•Doing physical exercise in the classroom - 6
•Preparing/eating healthy meals together - 4
•Talking about healthy lifestyle - 8
Be Healthy/ Feel Happy – teachers’ quiz