The dietary habits of children attending a soccer school and their parents were investigated. This investigation targeted 1,205 parents of children registered in the U-6 (kindergarten level), U-8 (elementary school grades 1 and 2), and U-10 (elementary school grades 3 and 4) classes of a soccer school belonging to a Japan League team. Of the 548 parents who responded to the questionnaire, the answers of 446 parents were selected as suitable for analysis (37% valid response rate). All of these parents were mothers. The investigation covered the quality of life, dietary behavior (actions related to cooking and eating), behavior related to health, daily activity, food skills and the food environment. The responses indicated that the parents and children had effective support, the food environment was good in those homes of children attending the soccer school, while there were few problems with dietary behavior, and the health-related quality of life was good. Further analysis of the parents' and children's dietary habits was conducted according to the judgment on any problems with the content of meals and the parents' food skills. In the group with low skills, according to the parents' judgment about problems with the content of meals, the quality of life was not considered high, and the support and surrounding food environment were both worse than those of the group with high skills. There was a high percentage of persons who thought that it was necessary to conduct food and nutrition education in cooperation with other organizations. There is a possibility that local sports clubs (soccer clubs) can play a role as well as schools in food and nutrition education for children. It will be necessary to obtain an outline of the dietary habits of such children beforehand.
