Results of a survey about food habits
Terms of reference
Sandra Rodrigues, Marketing manager, made a survey not only about food habits in general but also about what people think about what is called junk food.
Procedure
A ten-question survey was drawn up by the marketing manager around three main themes: places to eat, types of food, junk food. 66 people answered the survey. They are all students from the Business school of Le Havre and they are between 20 and 25 years old.
Findings
The first theme “Places to eat” gives the following results:
84.8% of people who answered the survey eat at home for dinner whereas only 12% eat out. But when people eat out, the main places to eat are: traditional restaurants (65.2%) and fast foods (63.6%) and Exotic restaurants such as Japanese or Chinese restaurants (42.4%).
Almost everybody (90.9%) likes trying new places to eat.
The second theme was about the types of food:
At home, the main part of people eat home-made food (84.1%) whereas only 39.7% of people eat frozen food and 15.9% choose take-away food.
To find their recipes, 39% of people give the best score (5) to the family. On the other hand, the worst rate (1) was given to TV and Internet. The magazines obtain the rate 4 and the cookbooks 2.
The third and last theme was about junk food:
To the question, “For you, to what extent is junk food responsible for obesity?” 39 people answered “major” for children (70%), 13 people said “a little” (23%), 2 people think that junk food is not really responsible for obesity (4%) and 2 think that junk food is not at all responsible for obesity (4%).
For adults the results are different: 20 people answered “major” (36%), 24 people said “a little” (44%), 9 people think that junk food is not really responsible for obesity (16%) and 2 think that junk food is not at all responsible for obesity (4%).
In the
United States, American people think about a law which aims at banning junk food ads. In the survey to the question “Are you in favour of a law which aims at banning junk food ads?”, 33.3% of people who answered the survey have no opinion about the subject whereas 40.4% of people are against this law while 26.3% are in favour of this type of law.
In the last question of the survey, people were invited to give some solutions to fight against obesity. Only 30 people answered to this question and 2 people answered that they do not have any solution. The main solutions are doing sport (4), communicating about the danger of junk food as much for children as for parents (9), limiting junk food ads on Wednesday afternoon (1), eating less (2), decreasing the price of vegetables and fruits (2), giving responsibilities to paediatricians (1)…
Conclusion
Many people seem to have some proposals to reduce obesity but in fact, this survey allows us to be aware of the power of fast food restaurants: even if those are mostly responsible for obesity (an average of 53%), more than 63% of people go to these restaurants when they eat out.
To conclude, fast food restaurants do not represent such a big threat as people go on eating junk food. But, nevertheless, they have to prepare to an eventual more severe regulation.
Add a comment April 27, 2006
“Ice Kube” : first ice bar in Paris!
After Stockholm, London et Milan, there is now an ice bar in Paris. Only built with ice, “Ice Kube” is a place where you can have a drink at a temperature of -5 degrees. For the choice of what to drink, it is easy: vodka for everybody quite compulsory! You must book for a thirty-minute entertainment at the price of 38 euros per person. When you arrive, one gives you a big coat and a glass of the French vodka, Grey Goose. Indeed, as in other cities, Parisian Ice Kube has a partnership with a vodka brand. If you are sensitive to cold, stay at home! If not, run to try this fashionable place!
Where ?
1-5, passage Ruelle
75018 Paris
Who ?
20 people maximum. Not sensitive to cold
When ?
7 days a week
6h30 p.m. to 1h30 a.m.
How much ?
38 euros the 30 minutes with free vodka
Contact
Tel : 01 42 05 2000
Booking compulsory
3 comments April 6, 2006
“Chez Colette”: waterbar in Paris!
Downstairs, you can buy accesories and gadgets but the particularity is upstairs: a waterbar, a place where you can find more than 80 different types of water from all around the world. Just a little of food like fresh and well-prepared salads and you have a nice place to go but be careful: do not be hurried around midday because it is likely that you have to wait a moment… Quite an exclusive feminine place! lol
Where?
213, rue St Honoré
75001 Paris
Métro Tuileries
Who?
25-55 years old
How much?
Evian/Wattwiller: 5 euros
When?
From Monday to Saturday
11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Add a comment April 3, 2006
St Sandra’s day!
Today is St Sandra’s day. I would like to take advantage of it to wish a good day to any Sandra or Sandrine or all other first names associated.
My piece of advice to celebrate this particular day is to prepare my favorite dessert :
a gorgeous chocolate mousse!
You need :
1 1/2 pounds semisweet or bittersweet dark chocolate
1/2 cup brewed coffee
1/2 cup Scotch whiskey
4 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
8 egg whites
Pinch of salt
Here is the recipe method :
Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler or bain marie over low heat, or in the microwave on low power. Stir in the coffee and whisky. Cool to room temperature. Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time.
Whip the cream until thick, gradually adding the sugar until stiff peaks form.
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the cream.
Fold this mixture into the chocolate mixture. Pour into 6 individual serving glasses and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
Enjoy it and have a nice day!
Add a comment April 2, 2006
Have a good April Fool’s day!
To celebrate April Fool’s day I would like to talk about one of the most famous April Fool Hoaxes.
I heard about this hoax in my English course (thanks Mr Hill!). I pasted a resume of the hoax below. Enjoy it!
“The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied that they should “place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”
I noticed that this hoax is the number one of “The Top 100 April Fools Day Hoaxes of All Time”. I have to precise that in 1957 spaghetti were a new product and quite an exotic product.
It explains why so many people have been taken in even if today this hoax seems to be totally ridiculous!
Add a comment April 1, 2006
New recipe!
Go quickly to the page “recipes” and try the Strawberry Balsamic Chicken by Chef single dad! It seems to be tasty!
Have a good meal!
1 comment March 21, 2006
Welcome to this blog!
This blog aims at describing the recent evolutions relating to cooking and eating or relating to food in general!
You will find original places not only where one can eat but also where one can learn how to cook!
Enjoy your visit on my blog!
2 comments March 4, 2006
