SHOKUIKU approach at elementary schools and the influences to family.

本研究旨在评估小学营养教育对家庭饮食生活的影响，重点关注学校午餐的信件和菜单作为信息工具的影响。我们的研究表明，兴趣程度与谈论食物和饮食以及阅读关于学校午餐的信件的频率有关。此外，读过关于学校午餐信件的家庭更经常改变他们的饮食习惯，使其更健康。对SHOKUIKU感兴趣的家长可以接受这些信息并改变他们的饮食习惯。这项研究首次展示了学校信息对家庭的影响。

This study is to evaluate how SHOKUIKU (nutritional education)at elementary schools does affect the dietary life at home with focusing about the effectsof letters and menus about school lunch as an information tool. Our study revealed thatthe degree of interest was related with frequency of talking about food and diet andreading the letters about school lunch. In addition, the families who read the lettersabout school lunch more often changed their dietary habit healthier. The parents whointerested in SHOKUIKU could accept the information and changed their dietary habits.This study is the first to show the effects of information from school to families.