Development of nutrition knowledge questionnaire for Japanese school children and their guardians and relationship between nutrition knowledge and dietary intake

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460740
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Epidemiology and preventive medicine
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Asakura Keiko 東京大学, 大学院情報学環, 助教 (40306709)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SASAKI Satoshi 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (70275121)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 食育 / 栄養知識 / 栄養摂取 / 児童

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Three nutrition knowledge questionnaires were developed for school children and their guardians in Japan. Percentage of correct answers in these questionnaires was 70% in both pilot and main study, and this was considered to be appropriate. Higher nutrition knowledge in the children and the guardians were associated with healtier food intake such as higher vegetable intake in the children. Some lifestyle factors such as frequency of conversation between the children and the guardians and daily menu composition were associated with higher nutrition knowledge in the children.

Free Research Field

疫学、予防医学