What do
children usually have for breakfast? We
can applaud the cereals with milk.
277 children
from 525 have chosen cereals. Cereals
are the most eaten breakfast in Spain (56%), 55% of Italian children like
cereals, too. German children have obtained 50%, Slovak pupils 49%, Greeks 46%
and finally Czech children with 45%.
Salted breakfast is interesting for 23% of Czech pupils,
then comes Slovakia (22%) and Spain (21%).
Salted
breakfast (like ham, sausages, egg, bacon, frankfurters) is not such important
for other countries. In general, 85
children from 6 different countries mentioned that they sometimes like to eat salted breakfast.
Sweet breakfast is more popular than salted breakfast.
115 children like it. Germany and Italy are in the lead, both with 29%. In
Greece and Slovakia at about 20% of children eat sweet breakfast. In Spain and
the Czech Republic it is 12% and 11%. The
best yoghurt eaters are Czechs (36%).
The most favourite morning drink is definitely milk.
232children mentioned it. Milk is also
the most favourite drink in Greece (58%), so we can say that Greek children
are the best milk drinkers. Cocoa is generally drunk as much
as tea. (133pupils).
It is the
most favourite drink in Germany (40%) and the Czech Republic (44%). The best cocoa drinkers are Czechs. Czech
pupils like drinking tea as well as cocoa. They prefer cocoa than milk. However
Czech pupils are not the best tea drinkers. Slovak children go ahead with 47%. Slovak
children are the best tea drinkers, then they prefer milk (33%). The best juice drinkers are Spanish
children.
348 children eat their lunch at school. It is for
83% of Italians, 85% of Germans, 67% of Czechs, 49% of Slovaks and 48% of
Spanish. Only 21% Greeks said to have lunch at school. They are in the lead as
for eating lunch at home (75%). 52% of Spanish pupils also have their lunch at
home. It is nearly equal in Slovakia.
Most of European children have lunch between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. (292 from
525). Only 75% of Greek children have their lunch at about
12 o´clock. This is also the result for 53% of Italians.
The most favourite food: pizza, chicken, pasta. Pasta is the best one.
Chicken is more popular than pizza.
Most of
European children do not bring a packed lunch to school, but 51% of
Spanish pupils do that. In Slovakia and the Cz.Republic they often bring
a packed snack.
It seems that Greek and Spanish children eat more often their lunch with
a family member. 58% for Greeks, 67% for Spanish. 293 children told us that they usually have
lunch with friends. Countries like Italy and Germany have reached more than
67% each. It is less than 60% for the
Cz.Republic and only 44% for Slovakia. In Slovakia eating with
a family member during the week is nearly as popular as eating with
a friend at school. Only 4% of
children usually eat alone.
Children in Spain and Greece have their dinner later than other
children. 77% of Greeks and 79% of Spanish children eat dinner after 8 p.m. Children eat dinner mostly between 6p.m and
8p.m. (339 children) and the dinner is mainly prepared by their mothers. (92%
I, 77% Ge, 73%Gr, 79%CZ, 78%SK, 90%Sp).
443 children mentioned their mothers. They
regularly prepare dinner for them. It
seems that the most caring mothers are in Italy and Spain.
Children usually eat hot dinner. 398 children
mentioned it. However, 71% of German pupils often eat cold dinner. Mothers
usually cook in Italy (99% for hot dinner) and Spain (92%). Then comes Slovakia
with 69%. The Cz.Republic and Greece are slightly above 50%.
Do children like watching TV while eating? I bet
they do. And 280 children said YES.
Greece is in the lead with 77%, then comes Italy (64%) and then Spain (63%).
44% of German pupils said NO. German
children watch TV less during eating than
children in other countries.
Children do not eat enough fruit at school. Only 24% of pupils mentioned
that they eat fruit like a snack at school. 33% like to
eat fruit in the afternoon. 28% eat fruit after lunch like a dessert. Only
few pupils eat it in the morning. The
leaders in eating fruit at school are German pupils (77%). Czechs and
Italians are on the other side of the scale, both with only 28%. Italian (41%)
and Spanish (43%) children mostly eat fruit like a dessert.
44% of children help their parents with cooking and they also enjoy it. The leaders in helping with cooking are
Greek pupils (50%) then comes Slovakia (49%). German children help, but
they do not like it (38%), only 29% of German pupils enjoy it.
GERMANY
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GREECE
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ITALY
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SPAIN
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SLOVAKIA
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CZ.REPUBLIC
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the best eaters of
fruit at school
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the latest dinner
eaters
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the best breakfast
eaters
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the latest dinner
eaters
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the best tea and
water drinkers
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the best salted
breakfast eaters
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enjoy cooking less
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leaders in helping
with cooking and enjoying it
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the best sweet
breakfast eaters
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the best breakfast
eaters
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love helping with
cooking and enjoy it
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the best cocoa
drinkers
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love watching TV
while eating less
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the best milk
drinkers
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the most caring
mothers
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the best cereals
eaters
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the second in
eating fruit at school
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the worst eaters of
fruit at school, fruit in the afternoon
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the best sweet
breakfast eaters
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the best at eating
lunch at home
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the best hot dinner
eaters
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the best juice drinkers
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the best yoghurt
eaters
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the best at eating
lunch at school and with friends
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the most numerous
in eating lunch between 1 and 2 p.m.
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the worst eaters of
fruit at school, fruit as a dessert
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the best packed
lunch bringers
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the best cold
dinner eaters
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love watching TV
while eating the most
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the best at eating
lunch with a family member
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the earliest lunch
eaters
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fruit as a dessert
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the most numerous
in eating dinner between 6 – 8 p.m.
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