1. Primary School of Polydendri Eating Habits Questionnaire 98 primary school students and 29 adults answered the questionnaire in a face-to-face interview. The survey was carried out in January 2014 by 6 th grade pupils, under the supervision from their teacher, Sofia Magganiari. Data entry and analysis was carried out by Antonios Christodoulos, PE teacher

2. Primary School of Polydendri Eating Habits Questionnaire Results.See below the sample age- and gender-categories 7-12 yrs old30+ yrs old Males 3311 Females 6518 Total 9829

7. ½ of the sample (pupils: 46%, adults: 55%) takes 3-4 meals a day. Only 21% of the adults and 33% of the pupils have >5 meals and snacks per day. This means that the majority of the sample skips a significant number of main meals or snacks. 1/5 of the pupils and ¼ of the adults have only 1-2 meals per day. So they skip at least one main meal. Conclusions concerning the number of the meals and snacks:

10. Most pupils (60%) and adults (48%) have breakfast every day. However, 15% of pupils and 21% of adults have breakfast very rarely or never. They should be informed and persuaded about the significance of breakfast. Adults skip breakfast more often than children in our sample. Conclusions concerning breakfast:

13. 48% of the adults and 45% of the pupils eat fruit once or twice a day. A quite high percentage of adults (42%) and pupils (39%) eat fruit 3 times a day or more. 10% of adults and 16% of the pupils eat fruit rarely or never. They should be convinced to include fruit in their diet. Conclusions concerning fruit consumption:

16. 24% of the adults and a quite higher percentage of pupils (43%) occasionally (sometimes) eat takeaways and fast food. 45% of the adults and 42% of the children eat fast food very rarely or never. 1/3 of the adults and 15% of the pupils eat fast food very often and they should be advised to reduce the frequency of fast food consumption. Conclusions concerning fast food and takeaways:

19. The majority of pupils (63%) and adults (79%) eat meat 1-3 times/week. Almost one third of pupils (29%) and only 4% of adults consume meat rarely (less than twice/ week). The percentage of adults consuming meat 4 times a week or more is 2fold, compared to pupils (17% vs 4%). Conclusions concerning meat consumption:

22. 4 out of 10 participants in our survey (pupils: 43%, adults: 41,5%) eat fish about once a week. 37% of pupils and 17% of adults eat fish rarely (less than once a week). They should be advised to increase the frequency of weekly fish consumption. The percentage of adults consuming fish twice a week or more is twice so high, compared to pupils (41,5% vs 20%). Conclusions concerning fish consumption:

25. The majority of pupils (51%) and adults (48%) drink more than 5 glasses of water/day. One fourth of pupils (24,5%) and ~1/3 of adults (35%) drink 4 to 5 glasses of water/day. 25% of pupils and 17% of adults drink only 2-3 glasses of water/day. Conclusions concerning drinking water:

28. The majority of pupils (56%), but only 14% of adults use to drink fresh juice. 1/3 of pupils and adults drink soft drinks. 14% of pupils and 55% of adults use to consume other types of drinks. Conclusions concerning other drinks:

31. The majority of adults (60%) and 4 out of 10 children (43%) in our survey buy sweets and desserts rarely. 47% of pupils and 31% of adults consume desserts sometimes/week. 13% of pupils and 10% of adults consume desserts daily. Conclusions concerning sweets consumption:

34. 46% of pupils and 31% of adults are very satisfied with their eating habits. 40% of pupils and 28% of adults are quite satisfied with their eating habits. Only 14% of pupils are not really satisfied with their eating habits. So they may consider to change them. The percentage of adults not really satisfied with their eating habits is significantly higher (41%). Conclusions concerning satisfaction regarding eating habits:

37. Only 30% of children and 10% of adults exercise almost daily. 22% of pupils and 7% of adults exercise 4 to 6 times per week. Most children (48%) and the vast majority of adults (83%) exercise only 1 to 3 times per week. Conclusions concerning exercise frequency:

39. Only 28% of children and no adults use always bicycle for their transportation. 46% of pupils and 7% of adults often use bicycle for their transportation. 26% of children and the vast majority of adults (93%) NEVER use bicycle for their transportation. Conclusions concerning use of bicycle:

40. Credits Supervisor: Sofia Magganiari The graphs and the presentation were created using MS Excel and MS Powerpoint 2003 by A. Christodoulos. We thank all participants for their time.