A research group led by Assistant Professor Kentaro Murakami and Professor Satoshi Sasaki of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo interviewed Japanese adult men and women about their values, knowledge, and skills regarding food. It was found that while general skills and skills declined, women's skills and skills increased.
The research group sent a questionnaire to 2,231 adult Japanese men and women nationwide, asking about the value standards of food selection, nutritional knowledge, cooking skills, and general food skills.
The results show that women place more emphasis on all value criteria for food selection, such as availability and safety, than men, as well as high knowledge, skills and skills. Elderly people aged 60 to 80 emphasize safety and organic food selection, while young people aged 19 to 39 and middle-aged people aged 40 to 59 emphasize availability, convenience, sensory appeal, and comfort. Tended to do.
Furthermore, the opposite result was that men's skills in cooking skills and food in general declined as they got older, while women's skills in cooking skills and food in general became higher.
This is the first time that a comprehensive survey of food values, techniques, and skills has been conducted for Japanese people.The research group believes that it will provide scientific backing for the determination of effective measures to promote a healthy diet and the development of educational programs.
Paper information:[Nutrients] Food Choice Values and Food Literacy in a Nationwide Sample of Japanese Adults: Associations with Sex, Age, and Body Mass Index
