Special Eurobarometer
Health and food
Fieldwork November – December 2005
Publication November 2006
Special Eurobarometer 246 / Wave 64.3 – TNS Opinion & Social This survey was requested by Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General and
coordinated by Directorate General Communication
This document does not represent the point of view of the European Commission.
The interpretations and opinions contained in it are solely those of the authors.
European
Commission
EUROBAROMETER 64.3 Health and food
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Table of contents
PRESENTATION .........................................................................................3
1. The health of Europeans ......................................................................... 4
1.1. Health in general.............................................................................. 4
1.2. Illness ............................................................................................ 7
2. Physical characteristics of Europeans ...................................................... 11
2.1. The respondent’s height and weight .................................................. 11
2.1.2. Height ..................................................................................... 11
2.1.2. Weight .................................................................................... 11
2.2. What Europeans think about their weight........................................... 16
3. The eating habits of European Union citizens............................................ 19
3.1. A healthy diet ................................................................................ 19
3.1.1. The meaning of “eating a healthy diet”......................................... 19
3.1.2. What Europeans think about the quality of their diet ...................... 23
3.1.3. Is it easy to eat a healthy diet? ................................................... 25
3.1.4. Why is it not easy to eat a healthy diet? ....................................... 27
3.2. A c