Abstract
During the last few years the Greek consumers seem to have a tendency towards organic food because of health, food safety and environmental issues. The objective of this study is to compare the dietary habits of people who consume organic food versus those who consume conventional food and to establish any common characteristics between the first groups of people. A questionnaire was used to collect the data that consisted of three parts. The first part contained demographic and anthropometric information, the second information about the dietary habits of the participants and the last part was a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The participants completed the questionnaire on their own, without the need of a private interview. The data was analyzed using Epi-info and SPSS. 133 persons took part in the study, 61 of which work at Saint Paul Hospital in Thessaloniki and 65 are costumers of two organic product stores. The results suggest that more people that prefer organic over conventional food are married and that consumers of organic food have healthier dietary habits, since they consume less energy, saturated fat and cholesterol and more vitamins, dietary fibers and antioxidants.
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