According to a survey carried out on 1,000 young people aged 15 to 25, snacking, meals skipped or swallowed at full speed, reduced budget devoted to food are part of poor eating habits of young people.
Obesity: breakfast in 9 minutes flat
More than one in four young people are ready to sacrifice the quality and quantity of their food for the benefit of their clothing (31%) or mobile telephony (25%).
54% say they do not eat at a fixed time at least one in two meals and spend very little time on their diet: 9 minutes for breakfast (which 48% regularly forget), 24 minutes for lunch, 27 minutes for having dinner.
Their diet is unbalanced, often accompanied by sodas (23% of young people drink sodas at the table) and daily snacks and only 38% of 15-25 year olds consume fruits and vegetables every day.
These bad eating habits have a negative effect on the health of these young people who are also mostly sedentary. This worsens the risk of overweight and obesity: more than one in three young people say they do not play sports (38%). A proportion which is almost one in two young people in the most modest households (44% against 27% for the wealthiest young people).
This survey also confirms the social divide in terms of overweight: the proportion of overweight or obese young people is one in ten in the wealthiest households with a monthly net income above 3,000 euros (10% of households) – while it is one in four among the poorest households more modest with a monthly net income of less than 1,250 euros (24% of households).
