抄録
Meal planning skills that are easily practiced in a daily life tend to be strongly needed in view of the prevention and treatment of life-style related diseases to cater for the wide variety of the life styles, health problems, meals and cooking methods, and food information. The “Lunch Box Diet Method, ” which is based on the framework of the Dish-Selecting Method of nutritional education, has been theoretically and practically proved to be effective for understanding one meal volume, and an intervention (educational) program to understand the appropriate volume of one meal was created, which has included one study meeting, we asked 49 mid- and high-age female learners as subjects to participate in this program for a practice period of 1 to 3 weeks, during which they could practice the method freely according to their own schedule. The learners practiced the “Lunch Box Diet Method” for an average of 9.4±6.7 days in their daily life. The volume of meals during the practice period became more appropriate than that before the study meeting, and their weight, percentage of body fat and blood quality have significantly improved. Their dietary knowledge, attitude and behavior have also significantly improved. 96% of the learners encouraged their family, friends and neighbors to test the “Lunch Box Diet Method.”
These results indicate that the program is easily usable in daily life and is effective for producing meals and improving health.
