著者

安藤 弘行 小野 くに子 村井 陽子 山川 正信

出版者

一般社団法人 日本食育学会

雑誌

日本食育学会誌 (ISSN:18824773)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, no.3, pp.249-259, 2017

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<p>Dietary education about staple foods, main dishes and side dishes through the practice of making lunch boxes was provided to 154 sixth graders (76 boys and 78 girls) of four elementary schools in Osaka City. The education covered the following three things : 1) planning a favorite lunch box ; 2) learning about staple foods, main dishes and side dishes ; and 3) planning a nutritionally balanced lunch box. We examined the actual situation regarding children making lunch boxes from their plans for their lunch boxes and descriptions provided in worksheets.</p><p>In the favorite lunch boxes, boys and girls included insufficient amounts of staple foods and too much of main dishes. Particularly, the favorite lunch boxes of boys tended to include too much of main dishes and insufficient amounts of side dishes. Comparing the nutritionally balanced lunch boxes with their usual lunch boxes, the children's worksheets most frequently included descriptions about the difference in the quantities of staple foods, main dishes and side dishes. Analysis of their worksheets showed that most of the children made a positive comment about the nutritionally balanced lunch box and that more than 80% wanted to eat it. These results suggested that making lunch boxes was an effective means of guiding the children to an understanding of the appropriate combination of staple foods, main dishes and side dishes.</p>