To promote the ability to practice desirable dietary habits, a shokuiku program was introduced to six grades of elementary school children (a total of 107 students in three classes) from July to November 2011. The program was composed of five subjects: 1) understanding the importance of regular dietary life, 2) understanding how much and what to eat for health, 3) learning how to prepare a nutritionally balanced lunch according to the “Lunch Box Diet Method”, which consists of three parts staple food, two parts side dishes, and one part main dish in a suitable volume of lunch box for their age, 4) learning basic cooking methods by using menus for a reasonable nutritionally balanced lunch, and 5) practicing cooking their own lunch. The effects of this program were verified by analyzing children’s drawings of a nutritionally balanced lunch, an image map connected with food, and a questionnaire study before and after the program. As a result, the students seemed to have understood well and learned how to practice healthy dietary habits. To more fully develop children’s ability to practice healthy dietary habits, the importance of the coordination between school programs and daily home dietary education was indicated.

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