Dietitians call for higher nutritionist-student ratioBy Chien Hui-ju and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerA nonpartisan group of legislators and dietitians yesterday called for the swift passage of a comprehensive school lunch bill, as only 538 nutritionists serve the nation’s 1.8 million schoolchildren, the equivalent of one for every 3,345 students. Local governments are left to create their own school lunch policy, Taiwan Dietitian Association president Chin Huei-min (金惠民) said. A student of Chiayi County Minhe Elementary School eats his lunch at the school in Chiayi County yesterday. Without enough experts, the nutritionist-student ratio would continue to decline, Chin added. Every day, 1.8 million school lunches are distributed nationwide, but there are only 538 school nutritionists, DPP Legislator Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) said, citing K-12 Education Administration data.

Source: Taipei Times March 31, 2021 15:56 UTC