Transcript Comenius Project “The Consumer Society and Youth in Europe” Questionnaire on food habits and consumer society Results of the Italian school I.T.C.

Comenius Project “The Consumer
Society and Youth in Europe”
Questionnaire on food habits and
consumer society
Results of the Italian school
I.T.C. A. ZANON – UDINE –
Italy
by Zucchetto Riccardo
What do we usually eat?
In November 2009 students attending
ITC A. Zanon in Udine (ITALY) were
asked to fill in a questionnaire about
our food habits…let’s start from our
ages; since many classes were asked to
answer to it, our ages are different…
We were also asked to indicate
what are the basic needs of
human beings.
Have students already learnt or
talked about this topic, “The
consumer society and food habits”?
56% have already done this. This is
very important in order to create a
more careful society about
consumerism and food.
But when and where did
consumerism started? Most of us
agree that it started between the
Industrial Revolution and the
20th century, in the industrialized
countries with market economy.
However, it’s difficult to define
consumerism…
The majority of the students
interviewed think that
consumerism is influenced the
most by publicity, but it isn’t a
possible solution to economic
crisis, and it also has heavy
environmental effects.
OUR FOOD HABITS
Which nutrients are the most
important ones for health?
And what about a balanced diet?
What do we think to have a
balanced one?
What kind of food do we like?
Organic food: 51% of students
control if the food is organic or
sustainably produced, sometimes.
64% think that organic food means
a healtier food, which also
respects the environment.
The majority of Italian students
think that the most important meal
is…
Now let’s have a look at our
breakfast, lunch and supper;
most of us usually have milk or
coffee with biscuits or cereals for
breakfast..
..concerning lunch, our
preferred food is…
PASTA!!!
But we also eat rice, meat,
vegetables…
Referring to the results, many of
us have one or two large meals,
and some light snacks per day,
usually one or two…
..and our supper?
It is very diversified…
We usually have supper between
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
We also know dishes coming from
other European countries, mostly
from Spain and Germany:
Let’s consider fast foods..
are their dishes tasty?
Are they healthy?
..we prefer home-made meals
and our delicious pasta;
they are more healthy!!
Does the food we eat influence
our school performances?
65% of us think so.
We are approaching the end of the
questionnaire… how do we
receive our information about food?
The most selected answers are:
1) from school;
2) from parents;
3) from media.
And finally…is publicity reliable or
misleading?