EUMIND

Comparison and Analysis of the interviews

Questionnaire for grand parents and parents

1) Was 'Healthy Eating' considered important then?2) Name 3 essential things that define your health

and well being?3) Do you think diets are useful or not?Have you ever tried to go on a diet?What kind of diet was it?Did it work?4) Do you think it is more important to eat tasty or

healthy food?5) Do you agree with the saying: "Eat your breakfast,

share your lunch with a friend and give your dinner to your enemy"? Why do people say so?

6) What according to you defines a 'Healthy Life'.7) Was the food served at that time of your teenage life in the

family healthy? 8). Where did your family buy their usual food? Did they

produce food themselves?9) Did your family members practice some exercise to stay fit?

What did you practice as a teenager to stay fit? 10) Were there any nice facilities for you to practice

sports/exercise? 11) Did you school do something to make the students stay fit?

What were the practices? 12) What do you think about the life of us teenagers regarding

healthy life? Do you think children have a healthier life today than in your time? 

13) What would you do to have a healthier life?

People interviewed

Mr G. S. Venkatachalam

Mrs Philomeina Iyer

Mrs Smita Sharma

Mr S. Irani

Mrs Poonam Khanna

Mrs Padmaja Kutty

Mrs Sangita Khanna

Mrs Vanita KeswaniMrs Charu Rathi

Ms Mona Jhunjhunwala

Teenagers

Interview

Interviews were conducted of people from each of the three generations.

Few were ready to give an interview which was recorded and uploaded on youtube

The links are as follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePF-N-tjIA&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZvnwPDggyg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDB75Bogk0M&feature=youtu.be

Those who were not ready to give an interview were given the questionnaire which they filled and submitted us.

Here is the representation of data collected along with the comparison and analysis of all the interviews.

1) Was healthy eating considered important during your teenage years?

YES NO0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

Teenager ParentGrandparent

Analysis

From the above data it can be analyzed that the parents were more considered and focused on their healthy life than the grandparents.

But teenagers seem to think that healthy eating is very important even more than parents and grandparents. But following it is a big task.

2) Was the food served in your family healthy when you were a teenager?

YES

BALANCED

NO

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

GrandparentParentTeenager

Analysis

The data shows that grandparents during their teenage years were the healthiest of all as most of their food served at home was healthy.

When our grandparents were teenagers, there was very little availability of unhealthy food. So they had no other alternative and had to have only healthy food. Nowadays unhealthy food has become a part of everybody’s diet.

3) Were there enough exercise facilities in your area when you were young?

Exercise

Teenager

Parent

Grandparent

Analysis

There were plenty of outdoor activities like hockey, football, etc during the time when grandparents were teenagers but hardly any gyms so they had fewer facilities but they utilized them very efficiently to remain fit.

Parents, when they were teenagers had the facilities of gyms and other sports but did not use it to the fullest just like us teenagers who now have so many choices but no desire to work out and stay fit.

4) What according to you defines ‘Healthy Life’? Name three such essential things that define your healthy life.

Both grandparents and parents believe that eating healthy, sleeping well and drinking adequate amount of water is the key to healthy life.

Grandparents emphasize on walking and being hygienic for a balance healthy life. Whereas, Parents focus on consumption of a balanced diet.

•Diets- Do they Work? Have you tried one?

5) Have you ever gone on a diet?

6) Do you think diets are useful?

Diet

TeenagerParentGrandparent

Diet

TeenagerParentGrandparent

Analysis

Grandparents, when they were teenagers, did not go on diets because they never felt the need to as they used to eat healthier food than the parents as teenagers.

Therefore, parents felt that diets are useful and grandparents did not.

Nowadays, mostly all teenagers go on a diet. But their main motive is to look thin as they think that being thin is being healthy.

Conclusion-

No, these days, the food that we teenagers eat is mostly unhealthy. We also plan diets to become thin, not stay healthy. When we teenagers make our diets, it moslty includes not eating some meals. That is a very wrong practice as it does not help us to stay healthy, it actually deteriorates our health.

Food Activity at the school

We conducted food activity at our school with our class mates. We had food counters with healthy food. We informed our guests about the nutritional element in the food we prepared, also the importance and benefits of having food.

At work with friends

Explaining the nutritional value

Our guests

Our Principal appreciating our work

MAPS

PARENT-MAP GRANDPARENT- MAP

Parent - Map Grandparent- Map