School Meal Program in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Reality and Future Plan

越南胡志明市的學餐系統：現況和未來計畫

Duc Son Nguyen Trung Le

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 21卷1期 (2012/03) Pp. 139-143

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2012.21.1.19

摘要

越南在過去幾十年，社經狀況快速發展。人們變得忙於工作，而沒有足夠的時間為他們的小孩製備餐點。學餐系統由教育局所統籌，於1977年在幼稚園開始執行，從1980年後已經擴大至小學。時至今日，100%的幼稚園及90%的小學有學餐系統。這個系統的目的為供應學生適當的餐點，並做為教育及傳訊工具。大約90%的學餐是在學校的廚房製備，而其餘是由食品公司所供應。每周餐點提供學生約占30%的膳食建議攝取量（RDA）。至今，越南還沒有正式營養師訓練學校。學校廚房的領導者，並非營養師，必須要參與短期訓練課程，以學習基礎營養、營養需求及食物衛生與安全。提供餐點給學校的食品公司，則必須通過胡志明市衛生局的衛生安全核可。下一個全國性營養政策將優先建立營養師訓練學校。此外，將在學校系統導入學齡兒童的定期營養監測，如此可以發展及評估學餐系統的營養、食物安全及營養教育。

關鍵字

學餐系統 ； 學校廚房 ； 小學 ； 飲食攝取 ； 越南兒童

並列摘要

The socio-economic status in Vietnam has developed during the past decades. People become busier for work, and thus they do not have enough time to prepare meal for their children. The school meal program, organized by Department of Education, was first implemented at a kindergarten in 1977, which has been extended to elementary school since 1980. Up to date, 100% of kindergarten and approximately 90% of elementary schools have school meal programs. The purposes of this program are to provide appropriate meals for students, and to serve as education and communication tool for students. About 90% of school meals are prepared in the school's kitchen and the rest are provided by food companies. The weekly menu provides approximately 30% of recommended dietary allowances (RDA) for students. To date, there has been is no official dietitian training school in Vietnam. The head of school kitchen, who is not dietitian, is required to participate in a short-term training course, where s/he learns basic nutrition, nutrition requirements and food hygiene and safety. The food companies, which provide meals to school, must be approved for the hygiene and safety condition by the Human Health Services Department of Ho Chi Minh City. In the next plan of national nutrition strategy, establishing dietitian training schools will be prioritized. In addition, the regular nutritional surveillance for school-aged students will be introduced in school system thus we can develop and evaluate the school meal program in terms of nutrients, food safety and nutrition education.

並列關鍵字

School meal program ； school kitchen ； elementary school ； dietary intake ； Vietnamese children