Objectives. Eating habits are formed in the family and sometimes last a lifetime. Leaving the family home to continue studies can be associated with changes in the possibilities of providing food, which leads to changes in eating habits. Assessing these changes is essential for maintaining the health of young people. Material and methods. The study group consisted of 162 people from C. Negruzzi High School in Iași (79 pupils – 48.76%) and from the Faculty of Medicine in Iași (83 students – 51.23%). A weekly food frequency questionnaire was applied. The questions are oriented in two directions, represented by the consumption of products of animal and plant origin. Milk, meat products, and eggs were included in the animal-source foods category, while bread, potatoes, and fresh fruit were included in the plant-based foods category. The results were processed using Pearson's chi-squared test. Results. The dominant intake of milk is 2-3 times or once a week (29.01%). The calculated differences are statistically insignificant (p > 0.05) and point towards a similar intake of milk. Meat products are consumed mostly 2-3 times a week (29.62%), and there are also 26.54% of people who deny consumption. The differences calculated per group are statistically significant (p ˂ 0.05) and draw attention to students whose daily consumption is low. Eggs appear on menus 2-3 times (41.97%) or once (27.77%) per week. However, 11.72% of people in the study group declare that they do not consume eggs at all. These responses are dominant among students, so the calculated differences are statistically significant (p ˂ 0.05). Bread is present daily on the menus of more than half of the young people (49.38%), the calculated differences being statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). 8.02% of young people choose the "no consumption" option, which is not a desirable outcome. Potatoes are consumed mostly 2-3 times a week (47.53%), with significant statistical differences by communities (p ˂ 0.01). For students, answers 4-6 times a week or daily are rare. Fresh fruits are provided daily in 29.01% of cases, and with intake 4-6 times a week, they are present in 22.22% of cases. The calculated differences are statistically significant (p ˂ 0.01) and warn about the eating habits of students whose daily fruit intake is less frequent. Conclusions. In students, there is a change in feeding habits, which is often not a positive one. This change must be closely monitored because it has the potential to persist throughout their lives, negatively impacting their health.