THREE - A - DAY SURVEY RESULTS
by Alice Hill
January 16, 2008
89 students and staff took the "Get a BUFF BOD with 3-A-Day" survey.
Based on these results we have started offering the Healthy Snack choices during morning break on M-W-F. The goal of this program is to help students and staff have better snack choices to minimize high calorie-low nutrient options in the school setting.
The items on offer at this time are apples & peanut butter, cheese sticks, peanuts, yogurt, milk, & granola bars. They are being served from a tray to minimize expense while we build funds for a vending machine that can be stocked with the healthy choice items.
Question:
1 - indicated about 60% drink/eat 3 servings of low fat dairy products every day.
2 - indicated 70% like plain milk
3 - indicated 75% like flavored milk
4 - indicated 52% did not care about packaging of milk
5 - indicated 87% like string cheese
6 - indicated 88% like yogurt
7 - indicated 55% did not care about packaging of yogurt
8 - indicated 65% did not know how much calcium they needed daily
9 - indicated 61% thought we should only offer healthy snacks at sports events
10 - indicated 89% knew why calcium is important at any age
11 - 57% felt nutrition is taught well enough in school
12 - 89% felt that what you eat affects how you feel
13 - 69% would choose a healthful snack even if sodas and candy were available
14 - 77% would purchase a snack even if no unhealthy choices were available
15 - 86% would support a school run snack program
16 - 28% answering were 3-6th grade
3% were 7-8th grade
33% were 9-12th grade
13% were elementary staff
17% were Jr/Sr high staff
No parents took the survey.
17 - 54% like plain milk
49% like chocolate milk
19% like strawberry milk
18 - 57% like strawberry yogurt
37% like strawberry-banana
26% like raspberry
34% like peach
We hope you will enjoy the healthy snack choices on M_W_F and help, through your purchases, to raise enough money to buy a school owned vending machine for these items. A percentage of the money raised from sales from the vending machine will go toward student organizations.
Thanks for your participation in this project and remember to make healthy food choices a life-long habit.
The grant for this program came to us through the BC/BS Healthy Habits for Life program.
