Kohji Hori, Yeon-Soo Kim, Sang-Ae Kim, Witoteerasarn Thasanee, Purboyo R.A. Rahma Boedi, Ji-Yee Hu, Jaroenkornburi Sumonchat, Sukprasert Saowapa
The attitudes of elementary school children towards school lunch among three Asian countries, namely Japan, Korea and Thailand, were compared. More school children in Japan felt that their teachers gave them advice during the school lunch programme. Japanese and Korean teachers advised their children to eat as much as possible of the lunch. Korean children may be a little more obedient with regard to heeding the advice. However, few teachers in Thailand gave the children advice over eating lunch, and the Thai children looked forward to and enjoyed the school lunch. The different responses between Thailand and other two countries may be attributed in part to the differences in the teachers’ instruction in the programme. Elementary school teachers, especially in Thailand and Korea, have to take more classes in food and nutrition in universities or colleges, and positively take part in the school lunch programme. © 2001 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Fukuoka University of Education, Japan; Silla University, South Korea; Rajabhat Institute, Loei, Thailand; State University of Jakarta, Indonesia; Khonkaen University, Thailand
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