Pulmuone and Ministry of Education Conduct 'Healthy Food Education for Parents and Children'

Online and Offline Experiential Education for Elementary Students and Parents
Proven Significant Changes in Cognition, Attitude, and Behavior After Education

Pulmuone Foundation, a nonprofit public interest corporation under Pulmuone, announced on the 11th that it will conduct the ‘Healthy Eating Parent-Child Education’ program for elementary school students and their parents in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The ‘Healthy Eating Parent-Child Education’ is a practical experiential education program in daily life where families can naturally learn table manners, communication methods within the family, and healthy and proper eating habits through cooking and dining together.

Since signing a joint business agreement in 2012 with the Ministry of Education, the National Institute for Lifelong Education, and Food for Change to expand the practice of healthy eating, Pulmuone Foundation has been conducting the ‘Healthy Eating Parent-Child Education’ program for 11 years. Starting with a pilot education program at two elementary schools in Seoul in 2012, the program has expanded to Incheon, Gyeonggi, Busan, Gwangju, and other regions, providing education to approximately 30,000 elementary school students and parents through a total of 1,242 sessions by last year.

This year, from this month until November (excluding August), about 3,000 elementary school students and parents will participate in a total of 150 education sessions. For school units, the person in charge at each school can apply by referring to the official guidance letter from the city or provincial education office. Individuals can apply through the National Institute for Lifelong Education’s nationwide Parent Support Center ‘ParentON Nuri’ blog until 6 p.m. on the 19th, with applications accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

School unit education sessions are conducted offline at each school, targeting 30 parents and children per session, while individual education sessions are held online via a video conferencing platform, targeting 20 parents and children per session. Each session lasts 60 minutes, and the main program consists of experiential activities centered on healthy eating and nutritious meals that can be easily practiced at school and home.

The education is conducted by professional healthy eating instructors trained by Food for Change. The program includes activities such as recognizing the importance of family meals through pictures, learning conversation techniques for enjoyable and happy mealtimes, understanding healthy eating and the 211 nutritional balance meal method (a meal ratio of vegetables, protein, and whole grains at 2:1:1), watching cooking demonstration videos, and experiencing healthy meal preparation through cooking practice.

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