Food for Thought: Students Cooking and Health Question Title 1. Describe your experience of meals, cooking, health, food shopping and nutrition as a student in five words. For example, your typical dinners / supermarkets / difficulties / habits etc. Question Title 2. How would you rate your ability at cooking skills such as roasting, baking, frying, efficient chopping? Beginner Learner Competent Skilled Master Beginner Learner Competent Skilled Master Question Title 3. How often do you use these cooking skills in your typical weekly food preparation? Twice a day Once a day Five or six times a week Three or four times a week Once or twice a week Less than once a week Question Title 4. Which of the following statements best describes you... “The Planner”: I like to plan my meals for the week and then buy one large food delivery or in-store shop in advance “The Pay-as-You-Go”: I go food shopping for ingredients little and often, as and when I need to in order to cook my meals “The Outsourcer”: I prefer quick and easy food with minimal cooking, including ready-meals at home, takeaways, or eating out "The Ethical Eater”: I try to shop locally in food markets and grocer’s stalls, looking for fresh, seasonal or organic ingredients for recipes and supporting regional producers Question Title 5. How would you rate the "healthiness" of your meals in your typical week? Consider your nutrition according to the university classification scale, taking into account sugar, salt, fats, fruits and vegetables! Retake 3rd 2:2 2:1 1st Retake 3rd 2:2 2:1 1st Question Title 6. What are the most common reasons for occasions when you eat an "unhealthy" meal? Rank the options according to how regularly they impact your food decisions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lack of cooking skills 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lack of time for cooking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lack of motivation for cooking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lack of motivation for washing up 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Price of healthy ingredients 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Others around me sharing an unhealthy meal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stress Question Title 7. How much time do you typically spend cooking in the kitchen for one meal (a dinner)? 0 – 5 minutes (the microwave) 5 – 15 minutes (the frying pan) 15 – 30 minutes (the saucepan) 30 – 60 minutes (the grill) Over an hour (the roasting oven) Question Title 8. Rank the following meals according to how regularly you eat them at university? (where 1 is the most) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pasta with a sauce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curry and rice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Takeaway 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ready-meal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jacket Potato 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Supermarket-bought pizza 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Soup 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Meal Out (e.g. at a café or restaurant) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Skip a Meal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shared Flat Meal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Salad or other "green" meal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Other Question Title 9. Imagine you have a £40 budget for one week at university. A £40 food delivery can buy you healthy meals for the week. Therefore, the less you spend, the less healthy your meals become. However, the more you spend, the less money you have leftover for a night out, including alcohol and the kebab shop. Allocate your budget for the food delivery. 0 Money for the Food Shop 40 Clear i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale. Question Title 10. If you were advising a flatmate to improve their health and nutrition, which of the following factors would you consider to be most important for their behaviour change? 1 2 3 4 5 Reduce sugar intake 1 2 3 4 5 Reduce salt intake 1 2 3 4 5 Reduce meat consumption 1 2 3 4 5 Regularly cook from fresh 1 2 3 4 5 Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables Done