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It is believed that one of the most important challenges our modern society has to deal with is the adoption of healthy dietary habits for the prevention of the public health. Specific groups of people, such as students and especially those who are about to graduate from school, need more attention for two reasons: firstly due to the fact that their stress levels are very high, which affects their dietary habits and makes them turn to unhealthy choices and secondly because they are about to get away from their parents’ supervision, so it is crucial to know basic rules in order to keep following them in their adult life. Dietary habits, sleeping behavior and physical activity of students in the last grade of a high school in Thessaloniki. This piece of work was completed in cooperation with the students of the last grade of a high school in Thessaloniki which– besides the filling out and the analysis of a questionnaire – included constant observation of the students’ dietary habits, discussions, as well as the carrying out of a workshop at the end of the research.