Most of Japanese public elementary and middle school provide school lunch for their students. There are variety of menus and high nutritional valued. However, 40% of students don’t eat everything. The reason is the taste of school lunch.
Students whose school has a kitchen have a high complete meal rate. But their school doesn’t have a kitchen, they need to be delivered their lunch from the Lunch center. When the students eat the lunch, it is already cold. These schools’ students usually left their lunch.
A teacher said “They are hungry during the afternoon class. So they usually lack of concentration in the class. I am worried about their health, because they are in the growth period. They need to take a lot of nutrients than adults.”