Implementing standard menu for boarding primary school students

200 primary boarding schools in Ha Tinh recently participated in the Conference on deploying "Software for building balanced nutritional menus" (March 31) and have plans to organize it in the 2018-2019 school year. The conference was attended and directed by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training and businesses participating in the "school meal project".

According to the project, during lunch, students are shared about the nutritional content of the food.

The contrasting physical condition between rural and urban children is one of the nutritional issues of concern in Vietnam. Malnutrition, especially stunting, is common among children in rural areas, while overweight and obesity are increasing among adults and children in urban areas, especially in large cities.

Improving children's nutritional status through appropriate school meals is one of the important contents of the national nutrition strategy and the overall project for physical development and stature of Vietnamese people in the period 2011-2030. However, boarding primary schools still face many difficulties in organizing meals, due to limited nutritional knowledge and lack of experience in developing menus that both meet nutritional needs and are suitable for monthly expenses.

On that basis, the conference "Software for building a balanced nutritional menu" discussed solutions to implement the national strategy on nutrition and the overall project to develop the physical strength and stature of Vietnamese people in education, nurturing and training the country's future generations through activities to improve nutrition and health, contributing to improving the stature and intelligence of primary school students.

By the end of February 2018, 2,801 primary boarding schools nationwide had been implementing the school meal project in boarding work.