Abstract
This study evaluates the recognition of the importance of food and nutrition education among staff working in different organizations that can promote food and nutrition education. We conducted a questionnaire survey in 2007 in Shizuoka prefecture on the staff belonging to eight organizations promoting food and nutrition education. The 856 responses showed that the recognition was different among the organizations. For example, nursery school and kindergarten teachers considered food and nutrition education as “an opportunity for good family communication,” elementary and junior high school teachers as “improvement of basic dietary knowledge,” and Japan Agricultural Co-operative members as “a method to improve agriculture.” Food industry workers, food service workers and volunteers promoting food practice improvement connected with the board of health considered such education as “a method for preventing lifestyle-related diseases.”
