- Pulmuone will provide 100 classes for free to 1,000 children from community child centers in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, expanding from 374 last year

- Applications accepted until July 28 at Food for Change website. Selected children will be announced on August 4

- Classes on “GL Diet” will be provided to practice 2:1:1 diet. Children will develop balanced dietary habits through the classes

 

 

 

As a part of Pulmuone’s main community contribution efforts, “Wholesome Foods Campaign,” the company will allow more children from community centers to take “Wholesome Foods 211 Diet Education.”

 
Pulmuone (CEO Nam, Seoung-Woo) announced on July 19, 2017, that it will hold classes for Wholesome Foods 211 Diet for free to help children from community child centers to get into the habit of eating in a healthy manner.

 

To help children in growth acquire balanced dietary habits, Pulmuone has been providing Wholesome Foods 211 Diet classes since 2015. Up to last year, the total of 60 classes was offered to 800 children at free of cost.

 

This year, the goal is to run 100 classes for 1,000 elementary school kids from Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon community child centers starting this September.

 

Community centers hoping to have the 211 diet education done at their venues can fill-out the application from the announcement at the website of the Food for Change (http://foodforchange.or.kr) and email the form (info@foodforchange.or.kr) by July 28 (Friday). Those who are selected for the program will be announced on the homepage on August 4 (Friday).
 
The “Wholesome Foods 211 Diet Education” is a program that introduces 211 diet, which practices GL (Glycemic Load) diet to lower sugar intake.

 

The 211 diet developed by Pulmuone to suit the dietary lifestyle and nutrition balance of Koreans is about having vegetables, protein foods, and whole grains in the ratio of 2:1:1. Also, the children who participate in the classes will be given “211 food trays for balanced nutrition” to try 211 diet at home.

 

 

Considering the age of the students, the classes will be divided into two: one for lower-grades (1^st~3^rd grades), and the other for upper-grades (4^th~6^th grades). The program will include classes on theory, taste, and cooking, and there will be two sessions with 60 minutes each.
 

The programs for lower-grade children (1^st~3^rd grades) will be consisted of a theory class to learn about the benefits of the 211 diet and eating vegetables, a tasting class to enjoy natural tastes of vegetables and fruits, and a cooking class to make salads with fresh vegetables and tofu.
 
For the upper-grade children (4^th~6^th grades), the program will include a theory class to learn about the benefits of the 211 diet and eating whole grains, a tasting class to notice the differences between white and brown bread, and a cooking class to make and eat food using cooked vegetables and whole grains.

 

Meanwhile, a survey on the educational effect of the 211 education was conducted in 2016 targeting 296 children who took part in the program. The results showed that the program had a high impact on eating wholesome foods.

 

The ratio of respondents who said “I eat multi-grain rice well” rose from 49% before the program to 64%, which is an increase of 15% pt. Also, those who answered “I eat vegetables twice as much as rice,” was 36% before the classes, but it went up 15% pt. as well.
 

Lee, Ji-Yeong, who is in charge of CSR at Pulmuone Foundation, said, “Community child centers are children welfare facilities for kids who need care after school as they come from double-income families, etc. The children there have a high possibility of having easy access to instant food and nutritionally imbalanced diets. Hence, they need lessons on healthy dietary lifestyle. The plan is to teach Wholesome Foods 211 Diet by expanding the target of the program more than twice so that more children will be able to form healthy dietary habits.”
 

In addition to the 211 diet program, Pulmuone has been waging “Wholesome Foods Campaign” since 2010 for children to start practicing healthy diet when young. Last year, the campaign taught over 20,000 children. Until today, the campaign offered around 3,000 classes to more than 70,000 children for free, and the goal is to teach 100,000 by 2020. The campaign classes are offered at free of cost, and they are carried out by having professional instructors called, “Fooducators (food + educator)” sent to the venues where classes are held. The fooducators are from Food for Change, a business partner of Pulmuone in education projects that teaches healthy dietary lifestyle.

*What is GL (Glycemic Load) diet?
It is a diet with low GL that prevents excessive insulin secretion. Thus, it helps to prevent metabolic syndrome which includes chronic diseases such stemming from obesity.

 

[Programs for 2017 Wholesome Foods 211 Diet Education]

 

Target	Duration	Programs
Lower elementary children (1st~3rd grades)	1st session (60 min.)	1) Theory: Learn about nutritionally balanced 211 diet 2) Cooking: Use various fresh vegetables to make broccoli tomato salads
	2nd session (60 min.)	1) Theory: Learn the benefits of eating protein foods 2) Tasting: Try different tastes of vegetables and fruits depending on cooking methods 3) Cooking: Make tofu vegetable salads
Upper elementary children (4th~ 6th grades)	1st session (60 min.)	1) Theory: Learn about nutritionally balanced 211 diet 2) Cooking: Make bean sprout salads and taste vegetables cooked in different manners
	2nd session (60 min.)	1) Theory: Learn the benefits of eating whole grains 2) Tasting: Taste the differences between white rice vs brown rice, and white bread vs brown bread 3) Cooking: Make brown rice and cucumber rice balls using whole grains to savor the healthy taste of the grains