Verification of improvement in dietary habits - Implementation of a nutrition education program in junior high school students

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350173
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Junior College of Kagawa Nutriton University
• Principal Investigator: iwama noriko 女子栄養大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 教授 (20331415)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 栄養教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the effects of the intervention of nutrition education on metabolic risk factors in junior high school aged children living in Kumejima, Okinawa prefecture, Japan. After the nutrition education lecture four times per year, we confirmed the students’ degree of comprehension using a worksheet, feedback about which was later returned to the children. We assessed the subsequent changes in obesity, blood lipid levels, and intake of food groups as outcomes in the present study.
We found that with regard to the food group combinations eaten for breakfast, the percentage of　children who understood that "it is important to consume all the food groups equally" increased. The percentage of children prone to being overweight decreased in the targeted school, although there was no such decline in the grade that received nutrition education. In future studies, it is necessary to conduct detailed analysis of metabolic risk factor data based on period of growth.

Free Research Field

栄養教育