Nutrition Education for Adolescents: Principals' Views

校長對青少年營養教育的看法

Theresa Wai-Ling Lai Yeung

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 20卷1期 (2011/03) Pp. 87-94

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2011.20.1.13

摘要

本研究旨在探討香港的中學校長們對於在校內灌輸食物營養知識及培養健康飲食習慣的看法。此項在香港進行的問卷調查，收集了中學校長對學生的食物選擇，學校小食部的管理，以及在學校促進健康飲食的意見。問卷分發到所有提供家政科的中學（466所中學的其中300所），共有188位校長回覆，回應率為63%，並採用SPSS統計軟件將所收集的數據進行分析。調查結果顯示大部分的受訪校長（82%）聲稱有政策監察學校食堂供應食物的運作；而大約一半（52%）則表示沒有足夠的資源在學校推廣健康飲食。校長（88%）一般認為不可接受小食部出售垃圾食物，却有45%的受訪校長認為禁止在學校售賣垃圾食物對養成學生良好的飲食習慣並無幫助。只有4%的受訪校長認為營養教育能影響飲食習慣，而大多數（94%）則認為即使學生對食物及營養有認識，亦未必能夠把理論付諸實踐。雖然受訪校長一般認同烹調技能的重要性，但大多數（92%）認為教授學生烹調技能是家庭的責任。受訪校長（94%）幾乎一致認為家庭及學校的合作對促進健康飲食極為重要。相關工作者仍需進一步的努力，以加強學校食物監察政策的有效性，為學校建構健康的飲食環境。

關鍵字

青少年營養學 ； 飲食 ； 教育 ； 課程 ； 膳食服務

並列摘要

This study aimed to examine school principals' perceptions of the school environment in Hong Kong as a context for the dissemination of food knowledge and inculcation of healthy eating habits. A questionnaire survey was administered in secondary schools in Hong Kong to survey Principals' views of students' food choices, operation of the school tuck shop, and promotion of healthy eating at school. Questionnaires were disseminated to all the secondary schools offering Home Economics (300 out of 466), and 188 schools responded, making up a response rate of 63%. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS. Most of the schools (82%) claimed to have a food policy to monitor the operation of the school canteen, and about half (52%) asserted there were insufficient resources to promote healthy eating at school. Principals (88%) generally considered it not acceptable for the school tuck shop to sell junk food; however, 45% thought that banning junk food at school would not help students develop good eating habits. Only 4% of the principals believed nutrition education influenced eating habits; whereas the majority (94%) felt that even with acquisition of food knowledge, students may not be able to put theory into practice. Cooking skills were considered important but principals (92%) considered transmission of cooking skills the responsibility of the students' families. Most of the principals (94%) believed that school-family collaboration is important in promoting healthy eating. Further efforts should be made to enhance the effectiveness of school food policies and to construct healthy school environments in secondary schools.

並列關鍵字

adolescent nutrition sciences ； diet ； education ； curriculum ； food services