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What the city is doing to support Shokuiku Activities
Core aims forthe measures
Shokuiku Activities
by residents

Have breakfast
every dayEat based on
knowing about
staples, mains,and sides

Come up withvarious ways
to cut downon salt

Main measures

Making acquiring
good eating
habits fun, startingfrom childhood

Preventing
Eating habits
lifestyle-related diseases,
to prevent frailty,※starting with foodstarting from a young age

Create opportunities
to acquire desirable
eating habits

Spread the word
about needing
to have breakfast

Spread the word
about needingto eat three meals
a day

Support learning about
nutrition and food sothat people can put theknowledge into
practice, to improveobesity among children
and underweightness
among young women

Spread the word about
what nutritionallybalanced meals are(i.e., that they consist ofa staple, main, andside), so that people
can picture what they'relike

Spread the word about
the need to exercise
every day and eat
nutritionally balanced
meals

Support learning to findsubtle flavors tasty,
starting from babyhood

Spread the word about
the health risks ofeating too much salt

Spread the word about
ways to make foodtasty without being highin salt

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So that all residents can enjoy rich lives
in good physical and mental health, through food.

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Adults and children alike,
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Edogawa City
Shokuiku（Food and Nutrition Education）
Promotion Plan（2nd）

Edogawa Mainichi Gohan

Activities to support
good eating habits
among residents
With the Shokuiku
Promotion Liaison
Committee at the helm,
widen the circle of putting
Shokuiu into practice
Strive to create anenvironment where people
can get involved in food in
the home, the community,
nursery schools,
kindergartens, and schools
Increase opportunities to
eat breakfast andnutritionally balanced meals
that are low in salt, anddevelop an eating
environment conducive topreventing the aspects offrailty that begin with eatingalone

Havebreakfast
every dayEat basedon knowing
about staples,
mains,and sides

Come up withvarious ways
to cut downon salt

Let's all widen the circle of Shokuiku together

Support people so they canstart to choose foods basedon the nutritional
information labels

Edogawaku Shokuiku Suishin
Renrakukai※Frailty means a state where physical and mental vitality have decreased with age.

Issued by:Edogawa City Public Health Department Health Service Section March 2022

Find out more here▼

Edogawa CityHave breakfast every dayHaving breakfast sets a healthy rhythm
for your body and your daily life

Come up with various ways to cut down on salt

What kinds of food are staples,mains, and sides?

Find ways that you can cut downon salt yourself

Staple, main, and side̶having all three of these elements will give
you a well-balanced meal. Adding a dairy product and some fruit tothis will replenish even more of the nutrients you need.

Our bodies' daily cycle is 25 hours. Having breakfast
in the sunlight resets our inner body clock to a 24-hour cycle.

Edogawa residents are eating too much salt

A dish with ingredients likevegetables, seaweed, andmushrooms
The main nutrients here
are vitamins, minerals, anddietary ﬁber.

The main dish, withingredients like ﬁsh, meat,eggs, and soybean
products

Daily intake

Daily target

8.6ｇ

6.5ｇ

10.5ｇ

MenHaving breakfast...
Replenishes
energyand nutrients
lost while
you were asleep

Eat based on knowing about staples, mains, and sides

Women

7.5ｇ

important thing here is theLet's cut our salt intake by 2g a day! Thecombined beneﬁts of little tricks

The main nutrients here
are protein and fat.

E.g.) Have less soup by using a smaller bowl

Prevents obesity

Amount of soup

400cc

Amount of salt

4g

➡

300cc
3g

Using a smaller bowl for ramen so you have less soup with it can cut your salt intake by 1gE.g.) Use lessImproves control
over blood
glucose levels

Prevents losing
muscle mass

Amount of dressing
Amount of salt

20g

➡
1.3g

10g
0.6g

Halving the amount of dressing you use can cut your salt intake by 0.7g
A cereal-based dish, likerice, bread, or noodles

Prevents frailty

Breakfast should include a staple and side, not just a drink
and something sweet. People who aren't in the habit ofeating it should start with fruit and dairy products, thengraduate to having a staple, main, and side.

Amount of miso: 12g

Target values for the plan

Current ﬁgure for the city Target ﬁgure for the city
(FY2021)

Using low-salt miso can cut your salt intake by 0.4g

Products labeled as low-salt are made with at least 25%
less salt than their ordinary counterparts.

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Amount of low-salt miso: 12g➡ Amount of salt: 1.1g
Amount of salt: 1.5g

A good thing about Japanese food culture is that it's about
eating a balanced diet by combining a diversity ofingredients in tasty ways. Why not let that be your guide?

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The main nutrients here
are carbohydrates anddietary ﬁber.

Current ﬁgure for the city Target ﬁgure for the city
(FY2021)(FY2026)

Men: 10.5g
Women: 8.6g

2g less for bothmen and women

Percentage of people who are interested infood education

61.7%

90％

Percentage of people who've done something
related to healthy eating before

41.1%

70％

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Percentage of residents who skip breakfast

24.2%

13.0%

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Salt intake per day

2

Percentage of residents who eat at least two
meals a day that include a staple, main, andside, and do so almost every day

29.9%

At least 50%

53Vegetable intake per day

197g

350ｇ

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