Aim. Acknowledgment of eating habits among female junior high third grade and high school students and analysis of factors which have an impact on these habits. Material and methods. 121 female students aged 14–19 from 4 randomly chosen schools participated in the research. 51% of them were junior high students, 49% – high school students, 64% lived in cities, 36% in the country. In order to collect the material a questionnaire ‘My eating habits’ was used. Results. More high school students said ‘yes’ in connection with the following questionnaire points: ‘eating makes me happy’ and ‘I rarely diet’. 47% felt anxious after a too big meal, 69% of the students were unsatisfied with their figure, 53% worried about their weight, 74% wanted to weigh less than currently. 35% of the students skipped meals even if feeling hungry, 57% after a big meal wanted to get rid of the calories. An overall average of 11,71 points was attained in the questionnaire. The highest average was connected with the emotional overeating factor. Conclusions. The type of school and peer opinion about weight has no impact on eating habits of the third grade female junior high students. Students from cities and being on diets showed more eating habits which showed risks of eating disorders.

Key words: eating habits, eating disorders, teenagers.