Status of Nutrition Education Using the Three-Color Classification System for Food Groups in Elementary Schools

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  • Kojima Yui
    Ex-Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University University of Niigata Prefecture
  • Akamatsu Rie
    Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University

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  • 小学校における赤黄緑の3色食品群を用いた栄養教育の現状
  • ショウガッコウ ニ オケル アカ キミドリ ノ 3ショク ショクヒングン オ モチイタ エイヨウ キョウイク ノ ゲンジョウ

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Objective: To investigate the status of nutrition education in elementary schools using the Three-Color Classification System in elementary schools through two perspectives, the educational approach and the environmental approach.<br>Methods: Self-report questionnaires were distributed to 1,065 school dieticians in Tokyo and Chiba, Japan, between August 2014 to January 2015. The dieticians were asked to provide the following information: demographic data, the teaching materials that they referred to classify food in three groups, the status of nutrition education using the Three-Color Classification System during school lunchtime and class time, and the status of posting the information in school lunch letters and to the school.<br>Results: In the study, 629 replies were received (response rate 59.1%), and the data obtained from 327 dietitians worked in elementary schools was used (competent rate 52.0%). In the educational approach, 220 dieticians (67.3%) provided nutrition education about the Three-Color Classification System. During school lunchtime, 131 dieticians (40.1%) educated mostly fifth-grade children, and during class time they mostly educated fifth and sixth-grade children. The frequency of dieticians that went to each classroom during lunchtime and used the Three-Color Classification System was high as compared to the group which did not (p<0.001). During class time, 277 schools were educated about the Three-Color Classification System and the dieticians mostly educated fifth grade children (192 dietitians, 58.7%). In the environmental approach, 206 schools (58.7%) inserted tables denoting the Three-Color Classification System in school lunch letters, and 263 schools posted the teaching materials to the school.<br>Conclusion: In elementary schools, nutrition education using the Three-Color Classification System was mostly targeted at fifth-grade children. Additionally, in a majority of schools, tables denoting the Three-Color Classification System were inserted in school lunch letters and the teaching materials were posted to the school.

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