For offering school lunches based on the principle of “Standards of School Lunch Intake”, it is necessary to prepare the standards for respective facilities. We obtained Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) from anthropometric measurements of children and pupils, and reviewed the steps to determine the energy requirements to be offered by school lunches based on the median of each group. Subjects were 2,114 children and pupils to whom meals were provided by primary and junior high schools and food service centers. EER was obtained based on the standards of provision of school lunches by applying the physical activity levels; 1.65 (6 to 7 years of age) and 1.7 (8 to 14 years of age. Subjects were grouped by the ages 6 – 7, 8 – 9, 10 – 11, and 12 – 14, and studied of the EER distribution. Medians of 33% of EER were 503 kcal, 617 kcal, 731 kcal, and 815 kcal respectively. Percentages of those within the +/- of the medians were 61%, 53%, 51% and 60% respectively. Degrees of variance and those falling outside the median could be specified, suggesting that school lunch programs adapted to individual needs could be realized. The result suggests that examples of nutrition management adapted to the needs of respective facilities should be established and the data accumulated.

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