Recognition of the Necessity of Elementary School Class Teachers, Nutrition Teachers, and School Nutrition Staff for the Content of Instruction during Lunch Time

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the recognition of the need for instructors to teach school lunch time. Therefore, we surveyed elementary school teachers, nutrition teachers, and school nutrition staff nationwide and asked for their responses with three answer options (1 : should be taught, 2 : neutral, and 3 : should not be taught). The results were tabulated for analysis and the response ratios suggested that elementary school class teachers, nutrition teachers, and school nutrition staff recognized the need for guidance in all the content categories of the nutritional instruction. However, the importance of teaching “the names of various foods,” “the names of various dishes,” “chewing well,” and “the importance of communicating through meals” was recognized by significantly more nutrition teachers than elementary school class teachers.