2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on associations between well-being and dietary behavior and attitudes among students
Project/Area Number |
26750057
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Eating habits
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Research Institution | Jin-ai University |
Principal Investigator |
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Research Collaborator |
HOSODA Kohei 新潟県立大学, 人間生活学部, 助手 (60734803)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Keywords | 食習慣 / 共食 / 生活の質 / 小学生 / 中学生 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focused on the enjoyment of family meals and school lunches enjoyment to clarify factors related to children’s well-being. Enjoying a school lunch was related to having a favorable quality of life (QOL) such as mental well-being, self-esteem, and friends for children. These results suggest that it is important to create an enjoyable eating environment. Furthermore, enjoying home meals was related to a favorable QOL. The factors that made children feel that home meals were enjoyable included families listening to them during mealtime. These results suggest the importance of improving quality of family mealtime.
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Free Research Field |
総合領域
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