Meal-ing - the key point of the new era of food civilization.

recently, alarm bells about the outbreak have brought up the "meal-splits" and "public chopsticks". Think of as early as 2003 china Culinary Association, China Restaurant Association put forward the catering industry meal-between business service norms. In 2016, the Chinese Nutrition Society released the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, proposing a new style of diet that does not waste or split meals. In 2019, the Healthy China initiative was launched, and public chopsticks and meals were once again highlighted. Today's multi-city cluster outbreak is a profound public lesson on health for all. "People eat for the day, but also health first" has become the consensus of all sectors. Let's take action to bring about a new culture of eating and eating!
, what is the meal- split, and how is it different from the current meal?
Since ancient times, diet and survival have been synchronized, and food culture has been a combination of science, technology, customs and humanities on food production and consumption for many years.
share one or more dishes with multiple people, just as we do in every household. There are many benefits to eating together in times of food shortages and poor materials.
meals and meals are relative. Meals are distributed to each diner alone by family members/cooks or service personnel, in accordance with quantitative or equivalent principles, assigned to plates or bowls.
the characteristics of the meal-giving system pay more attention to the individual's own responsibility, grasp the serving weight, eat all given. Meal between the body and psychological space are quiet, free, of course, but also health, non-intrusive, to develop quantitative matching, hygiene habits and non-waste and other advantages have obvious advantages.
is a way of eating, the process of fighting the epidemic, but also to reshape the civilized habits of the opportunity. Let public chopsticks, spoons, meals and other civilized habits "go to" the table, to protect our health, remodel the foundation of food civilization.
, does the meal alienate family and friends and distance?
in our culture, we are used to eating in groups or large families, including Zhang Luo, courtesy, courtesy and sharing at mealtimes. A bowl with the child and even with a pair of chopsticks to eat, with family guests to sandwich with each other, drink a bowl of soup, drink a glass of water, etc. , these as regards regard not regardful of each other's affection expression.
these appearances have nothing to do with "family" or "relationship far and near". In modern society, material is extremely rich, and there are many ways to solve family and express concern; Of course we also have some cooking or eating methods that need to be changed. For example, there is now a one-person hot pot, pot, is a new inspiration for the way to share food.
, how to spread disease through co-eating?
For China, since the 1980s, china has had a greater impact on infectious outbreaks such as hepatitis A, SARS, H5N1 avian influenza, avian influenza A(H1N1), H7N9 avian influenza and this year's new crown pneumonia 2019-nCov.
these infectious diseases are mostly related to "eating" or directly or indirectly. Chemical, biological, and physical contamination of human diseases is transmitted to humans through food or diet. Today we are only talking about biological, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, insects and fungi, which cause pollution, partly primary (food itself, animal chicken plague virus, foot-and-mouth disease, strawberries contaminated with enterovirus, etc.), and partly secondary external pollution (processing Causes, water sources, flies, producers), the third is close contact in the meal gathering leading to infection, such as the infected person's hands to transmit contact supplies (water/food), saliva/secretion contamination supplies (chopsticks, bowls, cups, etc.), as well as close breathing / droplet transmission.
There are many studies in hepatitis A, avian influenza, enterovirus (norovirus), Helicobacter pylore and so on to prove the spread of saliva, and even this COVD-19 has a family, classmate gathering event occurred, can be explained that co-eating is a hotbed of infectious diseases. Although the survival of the virus is affected by temperature, humidity, PH values and oxygen demand conditions, such as protection in the secretions of the nasal/throat/digestive tract, and in ventilated/dry environments, the survival of most viruses can be affected. However, for infectious diseases, prevention and reduction of close contact are effective ways.
, different dining environment how to split meals?
recent years, the system of ingesting meals or serving meals has been implemented in schools, child-care institutions and institutional canteens. One per person, quantitative calibration, their own lunch box to eat, for the whole society's meal-between system to provide a model. There are canteens are buffet form, one person a plate, self-help choice, is also a form of meal- split, are worth advocating.
in the family, we should also be cooked by parents or the same-day chef, according to the weight and intensity of family members adults and children, reasonable combination of staples and dishes, quantitative distribution. The family sat together, reasonably paired with a meal of staples and dishes, a general understanding of the amount of a meal and the structure of the meal. It is also the beginning of a civilized diet for children.
eat out or dinner, the best meal, so that the amount of money, simple and not wasted. Can also implement public chopsticks spoon, eat as a self-disciplined independent meal behavior, to cultivate to be sensiturized, put an end to sharing with the appliance, put an end to mixed eating, sandwich dishes, bowls, spoons.
meal not only reflects the individual, but also the embodiment of health and social civilization. Any change in behavior can have more than one effect. A family meal, a group meal, will certainly bring about a big change in social groups, and then the behavior into habits, into a healthy culture to pass on. Therefore, we should advocate a conservation, hygiene, reasonable diet "new food."
the benefits of promoting meal- splits?
food culture is a concentrated expression of social and economic development and the values of the local population. The food culture of a country or region has always evolved and evolved in a constant process of change. The outbreak has sounded the alarm for us time and time again, and it is imperative to promote the way of eating between meals in the whole society. Meals have at least the following benefits.
1) Cultivate good habits of health and civilization, reduce cross-infection, reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases and food-borne diseases.
2) Shaping the norms of daily life is conducive to everyone to establish the values of good healthy life behavior, reasonable diet, law and constant, effective prevention and delay of obesity and diabetes cancer and other chronic diseases have a profound impact.
3) constraints on eating and drinking, reduce waste, meal between help to reduce the meal. Promote a good social climate change, the environment live in harmony.
4) To promote the technological changes of diet in the new era, to put forward new requirements for cooking methods, quantification, utensils and reduction of salt sugar use, and to promote the modernization of Chinese food, which is more conducive to international exchanges and social development.
5) Healthy food culture heritage, intergenerational transmission of good food culture, for healthy China action refueling!
uncivilized habits at the dinner table are:
. 1. Loud and noisy drinking, raw peeling, obsession with wild animals;
2. Chewing bones, chicken claws loudly;
3. coughing loudly, spitting, spitting, spitting, etc.;
4. disrespecting food, wasting seriously, eating half and throwing half, messing with white pollution, etc.;
5. Excessive use of packaging white pollution, etc.
these bad habits need to be changed together.
ever, with the development of social material civilization and spiritual civilization, the era of paranoia in pursuing the taste of food, eating and drinking, collective noise and food ostentatiousness is over. A new era of rational diet, progressive civilization, national nutrition and healthy China has been practiced. Let us establish the values of reasonable diet and health first, starting with a family, a unit, a restaurant, and connecting them together, will pry the whole dietary civilization up.
Yang Yuxin, president of the Chinese Nutrition Society and a researcher at the Nutrition and Health Institute of the China Center for Disease Control
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