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• Investigating the Coffee Consumption Habits

  59-70

  Oláh Bettina

  Laura Mihály-Karnai

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  1849

  Coffee consumption is a widespread activity nowadays all around the world. It is a very popular beverage, with many variants as are known. Caffeine can cause many effects in our bodies. These include health benefits and adverse effects. According to 2018 data, the annual per capita coffee consumption in Hungary was 3.1 kilograms, making it the 24th largest coffee consumption country in the world. The aim of the research was to reveal the coffee consumption habits at the domestic level, based on the results of a questionnaire survey based on secondary data collection. In our research, we have also placed great emphasis on examining the beneficial and harmful health effects of coffee consumption. Our further goal is to explore whether domestic consumers are aware of the health effects of coffee consumption. Our hypothesis, defined in connection with our research, was, “Those people who frequently consume coffee are unaware of the health effects of coffee”. As a first step in our research we made a secondary data collection and our second step was the primary data collection. The basis of our primary research was the questionnaire we prepared, which was shared online. The size of the examined sample is 1 664 people. The sample population does not statistically represent the population of Hungary, therefore we do not consider the survey to be representative, the results are only exploratory. Based on our research, we found out that although most of the people who consume coffee often are aware of the beneficial and harmful health effects of coffee, this is mainly true for women, but less so for men. Men are more likely to know only the harmful effects. Our results have shown that those who are aware of all the health-affecting properties of coffee are not more conscious of the amount of coffee consumed than those who are unaware of only the good, bad, or both of the properties.
  
  

  JEL Codes: A13, P56

• Relationship between Health Behaviour of Parents and Children

  35-52

  Christa Sára Pfau

  Éva Bácsné Bába

  Zsófia Krisztina Kanyó

  Anikó Molnár

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  153

  In recent years our daily lives have been characterised by lifestyle diseases, sedentary lifestyle, high level of physical inactivity, global pandemic. Because of this reason health becomes as an important value in our everyday life. It can be said that health status is a dynamic status which is affected by various aspects. The development of health behaviour involves individual decision-making and choices, the social and built environment, as well as various socialization contexts. The family model and the socio-economic status of the family play a crucial role in shaping children's attitudes towards health culture, exerting a significant influence on the formation of children's habits such as physical activity and proper nutrition. In childhood, there is partial control, with parents making decisions about living conditions, nutrition, and most aspects of the child's life. It is also important to note, that adolescents constitute a demographic where primary prevention can achieve the most long-term successes. Because of this reason, at the centre of our research is the examination of parental patterns and their reflection in the health behaviour of young adults, including eating-, sleeping-, and harmful habits as well as covid pandemic's effect on the eating habits of the families.
  
  JEL Code: I12

• The Efffect of Commercials on Children's Behaviour

  97-101

  Tímea Gál

  Fruzsin Hankó

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  178

  Nowadays we can not imagine our life without commercials, because we meet them everywhere we go, and not just us but our children are also the objectives of advertisements. People’s opinion is variable about commercials. On the one hand, it is profitable for the economy, but on the other hand it could have harmful effects on children. That is the reason why it is important to take care of children’s television habits. Furthermore, it is also useful to examine what kind of effects it has on children and on their shopping habits. They will be the buyer of the future and they should become conscious purchaser, and it is the parents’ tasks to teach them and to be a role model to them. With this article we would like to present the influence of commercials to children’s free time, television and shopping habits.