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2 below. Clinical nutrition is becoming more and more impor- tant, and it is clear that registered dietitians should be educated and trained as professionals in the fields of pub- lic health, medical treatment, and welfare, rather than having an education based on home economics or agricul- ture science. Educational objectives for students involve developing the following skills for people who need nu- trition management: 1) Nutrition Assessment, 2) Careful Nutrition Planning, 3) Nutrition Intervention (nutrition education and support), 4) Nutrition Monitoring, and 5) Evaluation. SHOKU-IKU(食育) と DIET AND NUTRITION TEACHER(蜒腾) In 2005, the Basic Law on Dietary Education, Shoku-Iku (食育) , was enacted to promote childhood dietary educa- tion. This law was drawn up with the intent to educate people about the importance of eating proper meals in order to solve problems such as inappropriate eating hab- its and nutrition intake, disturbances in diets, decline in physical strength, increases in lifestyle-related diseases, a fall in the rate of food self-sufficiency, the lowering of a sense of gratitude for food, and so forth. The law sets nine specific targets, such as increasing the number of people who take a keen interest in dietary education, reducing the ratio of elementary school students skipping breakfast, etc. The law sets specific targets. (1) Increasing the ratio of people with an interest in dietary education from its current level of 70% to 90% by

2010 (2) Reducing the ratio of elementary school students skipping breakfast from the 4% recorded in

2000 to 0% by

2010 The Ministry of Education and Science started a new program to train people to become diet and nutrition teachers (蜒腾) utilizing professional registered dietician programs in university. The teacher is trained in pedagogy, which is added to the standard registered dieti- cian curriculum. Diet and nutrition teachers have al- ready started teaching in some schools. From now on, the Table 1. Healthy Japan

21 9 Fields Nutrition and eating habits Physical activity and exercise Care of the mind and adequate rest Cigarettes Alcohol Taking care of one'

s teeth Diabetes Circulatory diseases Cancer Nutrition and eating habits are arranged into three stages State of nutrition and nutrient (food) intake level Knowledge, attitude, and practice level Environmental level. Table 2. New Education and Training Program Basic subjects Applied and practical subjects: 1) Nutrition education 2) Public health nutrition 3) Clinical nutrition 4) Food service Management School nutrition program, health promotion and prevention in Japan

351 role of a diet and nutrition teachers is not only to super- vise food preparation and menu planning, but to also pro- vide nutrition education as teachers. Incidentally, the most effective precaution to take against lifestyle-related diseases is not only to modi........