Anderson Murakami: “Shokuiku is food and nutritional education. Children take turns being the leader in charge of distributing the lunch their classmates and others help them put food on plates and soup in bowls.'
Students at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss., eat lunch in the school's cafeteria on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019.What is Shokuiku and why do we desperately need it in our schools?
Wait, lunch is given the same level of importance as math and science? Strange. Then again, when was the last time you used the quadratic formula in your daily life? Many joke about the mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell, but few put much thought into what fuel they are putting into their own bodies.
In the United States, we tend to view lunch time as a break from learning, but in Japan it is part of the educational experience that is called “Shokuiku.” Shokuiku is food and nutritional education. Children take turns being the leader in charge of distributing the lunch their classmates and others help them put food on plates and soup in bowls.
The amount of added sugar that we use is a large problem. An 8-ounce nonfat chocolate milk contains 11.3 grams of added sugar. When considering that the recommended daily added sugar intake is less than 25 grams, if you have two you will have almost hit your daily amount. Furthermore, studies have shownMany of the vegetables and other animal products in a Japanese school lunch are sourced by local farmers. Farm to table programs have also become popular in the U.S. and the benefits are immense.
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