Survey Report

Food Trends 2 Data Analysis

PROBLEM ● Problem question: How does finals week affect students diets,

and do students consume more caffeine and energy drinks during this time?

● Purpose of our study was to see if students have a change in their diet and sleep patterns during finals week, which can be associated with higher or lower stress levels

● Important for the University and teachers to understand the extra stress students can unintentionally put on themselves during finals weeks which can affect grades and performance

Hypothesis & Methods

● Coffee/Energy drink(+)

● Hours of sleep(-)

● Number of meals(-)

● Number of exams(+)

● Difficulty of Major (-)

● Gender ○ Female(+) ○ Male(-)

● Dean’s list(+)

● Scholarship requirements(+)

● Athletics/club sports(-)

Eating a poor quality diet is associated with increased stress and bad eating habits during examinations ( The week, PTI).

We believe that UD students will have an overall poor quality diet and high stress levels during finals week.

Data collection and sample Age Pie Chart

Gender Pie Chart

Class Demographic Pie Chart

Results Stress

● 45% rated there stress level between moderately stressed and extremely during finals week ○ additional 21% rated extreme stress levels during exam week

● About 43% of people have a scholarship which requires them to meet a certain GPA Diet

● Over 50% of people said they only eat 2 meal per day during finals week ● 45% of people said their diets are different during finals week than their regular diet

○ 32% said diet is maybe different ● Over 45% of people say they drink 3 or more energy/ caffeinated drinks a day during finals week ● 47% of people said they are probably a stress or emotional eater ● 86% of people said they don't eat at the dining halls during finals week

○ off campus? ● 23% rated their diet during finals week neither good or bad, 45% rated it somewhat bad and 4% rated it

extremely bad ● Diets correlated to stress levels: irregular diet, bad diet, high consumption of energy/caffeinated drinks

Sleep ● 50% of people said they sleep between 6-7 hours

○ 10% more than 8 hours

Conclusion and recommendations ● Since diets are less healthy and different than regular diets during finals week

○ University can increase healthy snack availability in dining halls during this period ○ According to our survey, nearly half of the students get snacks during final week.

● More energy and caffeinated drinks are consumed during finals week

● Too few samples, the results are not scientific and accurate enough ○ Most of the students surveyed are from the same college ○ The sample is not complete

● In the future survey ○ Think about what else does the student have besides functional drinks

and sleep reduction during the final period