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Original title: 82.2% of respondents feel they have a strong sense of saving food
China Youth Daily China Youth Daily Reporter Sun Shan Du Yuanchun
“A porridge, a meal, it is not easy to think about it.” Conserving food reflects the virtues of diligence and thrift, and it is also conducive to resource conservation and sustainable development. Recently, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily and the Social Survey Center (wenjuan.com) conducted a 2004 survey of respondents, which showed that 82.2% of respondents felt they had a strong sense of saving food, and those born after 00 believed they had a strong sense of saving. The proportion is even higher (84.1%). 96.2% of those surveyed confirmed that there is no contradiction between improving the standard of living and diligence and saving.
Among those interviewed, the post-00s accounted for 4.4%, those after the 90s accounted for 38%, those after the 80s accounted for 43.8%, those after the 70s accounted for 10.3%, post-60s accounted for 2.9% and others accounted for 0.6%. 29.8% are from first-level cities, 49.9% from second-level cities, 17.8% from third and fourth-level cities, 1.7% from urban or municipal cities and 0, 8% from rural areas.
82.2% of respondents feel they have a strong sense of saving food
Zhang Ya (pseudonym), 35, works at an institution in Beijing and her son is in primary school. Zhang Ya feels that the youth’s concept of saving food is not strong enough. “Some people are more aware of this, but others are not doing well. They ask for a lot of food when they eat out and there is always a lot left.”
Zhou Xiao (pseudonym), an employee of a public institution in Beijing, feels that the young people around me have a stronger concept of saving food. “This may be because there are many women around me, and they may even stay with the house. Some colleagues had dinner, left some dishes and everyone packed. It was taken away by two female colleagues.”
The data shows that 49.2% of those surveyed feel that young people have a strong sense of saving food, 27.8% feel that it is average and 23.0% feel that it is not strong. Specifically for location, the proportion of respondents in second-tier cities where young people have a strong sense of saving is even higher (55.1%).
Zhou Xiao and her husband live together and try to make only one meal for each meal without wasting. “I usually go out to dinner with my family, except for soups and other dishes that are not easy to carry, the rest of the dishes are packed and brought back.”
“When I was young, my grandparents demanded that the food be finished. If there are any leftovers on the plate, they will scold me. Older generations have been through the age of hunger and cannot accept food waste.” In Beijing Wang Feng (a pseudonym), who works in a company, said that she would pay more attention to saving food due to the influence of the elderly at home. Basically, you would eat as much food as you would at home and be careful not to ask for too much when eating out. “As for me, if you’re going to have dinner with a family friend, everyone knows how hungry is and can basically do the ‘CD’. But there are exceptions, like dating. Good impression, I’m not too embarrassed to take it away.” .
Zhang Ya feels that many children who have lived in cities since childhood eat ready-made white rice, they do not know that each grain is hard-earned, so they lack the conscience to save.
What factors make some young people have a weak idea of saving food? 80.0% of those interviewed think that the material conditions are good and are not aware of the need to be thrifty. 61.7% of those interviewed said they are young people who are not familiar with agricultural activities and do not know the difficulties of food production. 58.4% of those interviewed think it is because of their youth. One generation does not remember hunger and 40.3% of those interviewed said bluntly that it was because of extravagance and waste.
“Frugality is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and has yet to be carried forward when material supplies are plentiful,” said Zhu Yi, associate professor at the School of Food Sciences and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University.
In the survey, 82.2% of respondents felt they had a strong sense of saving food, 14.6% of respondents felt they were average, and only 3.2% of respondents believed they were not. they were strong. It should be noted that the proportion of post-00 who believe they have a strong sense of saving (84.1%) is higher than that of post-90 (82.0%) and post-80 (81.5%).
71.1% of those surveyed suggested promoting scientific and healthy eating patterns.
Professor Tang Zhisong, dean of the Educational Research Institute at Southwest University, believes that educating young people to save food and appreciate the fruits of labor will have many impacts: through activities such as what to eat and how much to eat, the ability to children to manage themselves; Through activities such as taking care of others’ meals and sharing food, cultivating the quality of caring for others; cultivate the concepts and skills of work by learning knowledge of food production and processing; cultivate the social concept of sustainable development of children through the practice of saving food and other resources.
“We have been educated since we were young, and every grain of grain is grown hard by farm uncles.” Zhang Ya feels that cultivating children’s food-saving concept will help them respect farm work and know that food is hard-earned.
Regarding the impact of cultivating the concept of saving food, 70.5% of those interviewed believe that it will promote that young people respect the achievements of workers, 58.1% of those interviewed believe that the quality of food can be cultivated. diligence and saving, and 58.0% of those interviewed believe that it helps to form the concept of amazement for nature and life. Other influences include: developing a healthy, scientific philosophy of life (49.6%), having a sense of crisis, being prepared for danger in peacetime (40.8%), and fostering a sense of social responsibility (30, one%).
In the survey, 96.2% of the respondents believe that the improvement of the standard of living and diligence and saving are not contradictory.
“Saving food is not saving money to buy food, but saving the natural resources that are consumed in food production. The price of food is now only the value of labor and production material inputs, and the Cost of ecological environment is not included. Saving environmental resources is for humanity It is always a virtue. “Zhu Yi believes that saving does not mean low efficiency and low quality, on the contrary, under reasonable arrangements, there are many benefits. For people, saving is a manifestation of personal cultivation, family style and quality.
“Now the country has been advocating for job education, I think it is particularly necessary. Now many children grow up in cities, without much common sense and experience of life, lack of understanding and amazement for nature.” Yu Feifei (pseudonym) who works in a state-owned company in Beijing) I feel that giving importance and practicing a good work education leads to cultivating the children’s qualities of respecting nature and workers.
To cultivate the concept of savings, in the survey, 71.1% of those surveyed suggested promoting a scientific and healthy diet, 61.7% of those surveyed encouraged restaurants to publish slogans and 58.0% of those respondents expected to carry out public welfare activities and strengthen advertising, 57.7% of respondents% of respondents expected to create a social atmosphere where saving is glorious and waste is shameful, and 32.0% of respondents hope to improve laws and policies and severely punish waste.
“To guide young people, we must first establish the concept of education and life, close the relationship between education and life, and consider taking care of food and eliminating table waste as part of education for life.” Tang Zhisong believes that job education should be included in education evaluation.
Zhu Yi believes that in order to raise awareness of saving, we can provide enough opportunities of agricultural practices by establishing food education courses, that is, training and education of good eating habits, so that young people can experience the difficulties of sweating. and drip the earth and understand a porridge and a meal. It is difficult to achieve, knowing the benefits of the economy and moderation, this will help you defend the economy from the bottom of your hearts.
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