2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of health education in relation to masticatory function at growing phases
| Project/Area Number |
21500672
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Chugoku Gakuen University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAKAMI Jun 中国学園大学, 現代生活学部・人間栄養学科, 准教授 (40219895)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORIWAKI Akiyoshi 中国学園大学, 現代生活学部・人間栄養学科, 教授 (10144742)
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| Research Collaborator |
KASAMA Motohiro 大阪青山大学, 健康科学部, 助手 (30625918)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 学校保健 / 食生活 / 咬合力 / 咀嚼 / 食育 / 健康教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
We investigated the masticatory customs in the elementary school children and obtained the basic data about mastication of growth phase. In cooperation of an elementary school, the research was carried out for two years. We requested school children to answer the brief account type questionnaire concerning mind-and-body health. We also investigated the masticatory differences between school lunch menu, usual menu and kami-kami menu, which intends increased number of chewing. Various measurements were established from the children and basic data were obtained. The data must contribute to understand the correlation between masticatory customs and school lunch at growth phases.
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