Mental and physical fitness of the pupils are strongly related to the fullness of the school life. Grades in schoolwork of pupils seemed to be affected by the way of their life styles. Therefore, this report verified the association between grades in schoolwork of pupils and their life styles, especially whether or not eating habits contribute to promote their healthy mind and healthy body in the junior high school pupils. Among the eating habits in the pupils, intake of breakfast every day appeared to be the most important factor for their grades in schoolwork, and also it was associated with their mental and physical fitness. Japanese-style dish that contains a lot of food fibers seemed to be useful for not only daily regular living rhythm but also improving their learning ability. Intake of too much animal fat appeared to be a symbolic life-style that indicated an unfavorable habitual style, such as sleep-less and sedentary habit, so improvement of the fat intake may be expected to form the favorable customs of taking good sleep and exercise every day. These eating habits may promote good condition in the comprehensive daily life-style and grades in schoolwork for the pupils.
