[Achievements and Challenges of a Sakado "Shokuiku (Food and Nutrition Education)" Program Implemented in All Elementary and Middle Schools in Sakado-city, Saitama Prefecture].

Objective　Since 2006, Sakado city in Saitama prefecture, Japan, has been implementing the Sakado "Shokuiku (food and nutrition education)" Program in collaboration with Kagawa Nutrition University. The present study aimed to evaluate the program, and to discuss its achievements and future challenges.Methods　This program targeted all students from the 5th through the 8th grade.

The Sakado school-based "shokuiku" food and nutriti education project.

The purpose of this study was to obtain baseline data for a school-based food nutrition education on "how snacks should be eaten". The subjects were 704 fifth-graders (371 boys, 333 girls) from all the primary schools in Sakado City who participated in the study in November 2006. They completed a 'Life Habit Questionnaire' and a 'Food Frequency Questionnaire (BDHQ)'.