Food & Nutritional Science Programme

1. Promoting healthy lifestyle to hong kong primary and secondary students:the "FUN-IN-SEVEN" program
   Guldan, G.S., Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme and Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

   Hong Kong students are not benefiting from programs developing lifelong healthy eating and physical activity habits. Therefore, the yearlong "FUN-IN-SEVEN" program was developed and evaluated in 12 primary and secondary schools. It aimed to combat obesity by promoting healthy eating and physical activity; develop systematic curricular materials; and enrich participating schools' "health culture". It was most effective at primary level, and least effective among the adolescent males. However, the project did improve the schools' "health cultures", and resulted in an educational website for teachers and students (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/fns/fun-in-seven) which has had over 70,000 visits since its May 2002 release.

   
   

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2. Workshop on Experimental Approach on Food Studies 2005

   This workshop was co-organized by Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme and Education and Manpower Bureau. More than 50 high school home-economic teachers participated in this workshop as their on-job training programme. The workshop composed of 3 hours lecture and 6 hours laboratory section, which were in purpose of enhancing their knowledge in food technologies and daily chemistry in kitchen.