Browsing by Subject "Välipalat"
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(2017)Many adolescents participate in youth work activities in their leisure time. The mission of youth work is to support socialization of adolescents in their leisure time in a changing society. This study examines how adolescents’ snack practices show in youth work. The aim of this study is to consider junior high school adolescents’ snack practices and action in the youth center. The purpose of the study is get knowledge about what do adolescents eat for snacks and what kind of a role do snacks play in the youth center. This theme was selected because youth center snack practises have been studied very little. The study questions are: 1. What kind of snack practices do junior high school adolescents have? 2. What do junior high school adolescents think about the snack practices in youth center? 3. What kind of snack practices can be found in youth centers? The research method was qualitative and research data was collected using two different methods a the youth center in Vantaa. Using observation I observed about 70 junior high school adolescents during six weekdays. Structured internet-enquiry was answered by 23 junior high school adolescents from which eight were girls and 15 were boys. The method of analysis was material based content analysis. Three important themes was found as the research results. The themes were the social impact of food, the comforting impact of food and food rules. The study revealed that almost half of the adolescents in junior high school ate snacks every day. The most popular snacks were sweet and savory cereal products. Adolescents discussed about snacks and they enjoyed eating together. Adolescents were very satisfied about the offered snacks and almost half of the activities and almost half of adolescents felt that it was very important that the youth center offered snacks free of charge. Snacks were also used as an incentive to motivate the adolescents to participate in different chores in the youth center. Teaching adolescents to prepare healthy and easy snacks is an important task in the field of home economics education.
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(2016)Aim: This study explores eating habits of secondary school students: whether they eat school lunches and which kind of snacks are consumed. Earlier studies show that almost one third of the students consume unhealthy snacks at least twice a week. More than half of the students do not eat all components of the school meal. This research elaborates the following questions: 1. How often an adolescent consumes school lunches and its portions? 2. What kind of snacks the adolescent enjoys in and out of school? 3. Which factors affect his or her snack choices? Methods: This study was executed by using qualitative methods. Six students aged between 13 and 15 were interviewed in November 2016, in the city of Joensuu. Interviews were semi-structured. The data was analysed by using quantitative methods as well as qualitative, data-driven analysing methods. Results and conclusion: The students consume school meals daily but leave some portions aside. Girls seem to eat salad more often than boys. Boys drink milk or sour milk more often than girls. Students rarely consume any snacks at school except one girl who has fruits or biscuits three times a week. Almost all interviewed enjoy a sandwich and yoghurt for a snack after school. Fruits are common snacks for half of the students. Most of the interviewed made decision what they will have for snack due to the availability and taste of snack. Some also found healthiness as a key factor. Overall it seems that rea-sons for decreasing the need for snacks at school are 1) food made in home economics class, 2) it is not allowed to exit school during school day as well as 3) comprehensive con-sumption of different portions of school meal.
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