2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Evaluation of a dietary education program among junior high students and the verification of its effectiveness using objective indices

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21500804
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Eating habits, studies on eating habits
Research Institution	Kinki University
Principal Investigator	KOHRI Toshiyuki 近畿大学, 農学部, 講師 (80440999)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	YAMAMOTO Shigeru 十文字学園女子大学, 大学院・人間生活学研究科, 教授 (70093896) YOSHIKAWA Kentaro 近畿大学, 農学部, 准教授 (20088206) KABA Naoko 近畿大学, 農学部, 助手 (40441000)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	食育 / 介入 / 評価指標 / 中学生 / 食育媒体
Research Abstract	The aim of this study was to develop a novel dietary education program, which both junior high school students and their parents could relate to, and to evaluate its effectiveness using objective indices. The program focused on the theme of box lunches requiring filioparental involvement. It was effective in improving the nutritional balance of the box lunches by increasing vegetables. However, in the follow-up survey seven months after the end of the intervention, the vegetable intake during school lunch was maintained ; however, the nutritional balance of box lunch had reverted to its former state. This study suggests that dietary education programs should be evaluated objectively and conducted regularly to maintain their effect.

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