We performed an educational evaluation of dietician course students. To do this, we conducted a dietary survey using food models with integrated circuit tags to examine whether the students could learn to select a balanced meal.The subjects were 65 women at a junior college who were studying to be dieticians study group and 65 female students who were not studying the dietician course non-study group .
In Japan, growth charts for use until children reach 18 years of age are included in Maternal and Child Health Handbooks. However, the charts are not used actively after children reach school age. Little is known about the reasons. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the usage of growth charts by mothers of nursery school students shortly before students' entrance into elementary school and mothers' attitudes toward the use of growth charts in order to aid initiatives that promote the long-term use of growth charts. The subjects were 465 mothers and their nursery school-aged children (3-6 years) for whom continuous somatometric measurements were available. A total of 32.5% of the mothers utilized growth charts (primiparous: 36.4%, multifarious: 29.0%), of whom 28.8% of primiparous mothers used them once every six months and 32.4% of multifarious mothers, once a year. At 18.0%, "I am not concerned about my child's physique" was the most common reason for not utilizing growth charts. To ensure the long-term use of growth charts, it is necessary to provide mothers with health guidance designed to emphasize the importance of assessing their children's physiques and to encourage the practice of keeping periodic records
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