The Evaluation of Some Eating Habits at a Group of Teenagers Studying at Dimitrie Cantemir Highschool of Iasi

Abstract

Eating habits are obtained in the first years of life in the family and they slightly change in the following years. Objectives: the evaluation of the way in which teenagers’ eating habits change/ don’t change. Material and method: the study was done on a group of 237 teenagers in the 10th grade (2010 - 92 students, 2012 -145 teenagers). The teenagers filled in a quantitative questionnaire of weekly frequency of food consumption. Results and discussions: the dominant input of milk is 2-3 times a week (34.59%), the calculated differences per year being statistically insignificant (χ2 1.26, Gl 4, p>0.05). The dominant egg consumption is 2-3 times a week (43.88%), the calculated differences per year being statistically insignificant (χ2 4.77, Gl 4, p>0.05). Chicken is present in menus, in most cases 2-3 times a week (47.25%), the differences are statistically insignificant (χ2 2.53, Gl 4, p>0.05) and direct to a strong anchoring in traditions of these teenagers. Fruits are present every day in the menus of 54.43% students, the obtained differences being statistically insignificant (χ2 1.56, Gl 4, p>0.05). Conclusions: on the study group there is a strong anchoring in traditions, which represents a problem for specialists.