"What kind and which amount of food is suitable for us to eat?" - Development of systematic teaching materials which connect home economics with dietary education -

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24531204
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: UDAKA Junko 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60116994)
• Research Collaborator: AMAN Hirohisa
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 料理容積法 / 食品群別摂取量 / 献立作成 / Web教材

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In home economics class at elementary, junior and senior high school, it is said to be difficult understanding the suitable amount of food for us to eat.　So, “The dish volume method” was developed, by which it become enable to figure out the weight of raw food by eyeballing food volume of dishes.
Next, teaching materials of life-size dish pictures were developed, in which main dishes and side dishes are classified into two types, vegetable rich or poor, and the vegetable rich dish with poor one are paired to make a well-balanced menu, without learning the amount of food at elementary school.
Third, a website teaching material making a well-balanced menu for a day of junior high school student was developed.

Free Research Field

食物学