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ROZA School Program
Schoolchildren’s Diet Low in Vegetables
The daily diet of schoolchildren countrywide does not have sufficient vegetables for healthy eating. This is evident from a survey on “Thailand’s Food and Nutrition” conducted in 2003 by the Nutrition Division of Department of Health under the Public Health Ministry. An everyday consumption for provinces upcountry was only one serving of vegetables a day. For Bangkok metropolis, 41.1% of schoolchildren consumed vegetables everyday at an average of 14.3 grams per person. This portion is equivalent to approximately 1.5 table spoons, much lower than the 12 table spoons a day or 4 table spoons per meal recommended by the Ministry’s “Nutrition Guide Pyramid” Hence, consuming a diet of carbohydrates, fat and sugar, which are high in calories and low in nutrients, is not beneficial to the health of schoolchildren.
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Hi-Q Food Products-Dept. of Health Partnership
Realizing the need to support a healthy future of children is Hi-Q Food Products Company, Thailand’s leading food manufacturer producing a wide range of ROZA cooking sauce, canned seafood and ready-to-eat meals. The education of healthful eating habits has become a major corporate responsibility undertaking as the company has joined hands with the Department of Health to help promote good health of Thai society as a whole. Established since 2004, the “ROZA School Program” is an ongoing initiative devote to healthful eating habits of the nation’s schoolchildren.
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As healthful habits are best to start from the young, schools were chosen as the primary location to carry out the Program. With the full support of the Department of Health’s nutrition specialists and the cooperation of schools nationwide, the Program has reached out to teach good eating habits. Increasing each year since the program was launched in 2004, the total number of children that has participated up to now is ¶158,820 in 450 primary schools throughout the country. The schools that have benefited so far are mostly in Bangkok and nearby provinces as well as in several provinces of Northeastern Thailand.
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Activities of ROZA School Program
The Program is comprised of numerous activities that engage students in a variety of ways. The participation of teachers, parents and local communities is also incorporated into the Program which is funded largely by Hi-Q Food Products. Activities are developed for 3 specific groups |
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For Students
Performing in stage plays; such as “Three Colors of Vegetables” that highlight the need to eat 4 table spoons of vegetables at each meal.
“Green Menu” cooking contest with vegetables as main ingredients and consistent with standards of the “Nutrition Guide Pyramid”
Printing of “Kid Love Veggies” diary notebook for recording daily consumption of vegetable and healthful eating habits.
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For Schoolteachers
Providing support for “Sustainable Development of Good Nutrition in schools” project promoting vegetable consumption as well as nutrition standards and values of the “nutrition Guide Pyramid”
Education resources for imparting knowledge on Nutrition.
Preparing school lunch menus together with students.
Surveying consumption behavior and evaluating nutrition and healthful eating habits related to development of the Program.
Surveying consumption behavior and evaluating nutrition and healthful eating habits related to development of the Program.
Measurement of behavioral change in students’ consumption habits. |
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