日本学者提出，育儿除德育、智育、体育外，还应进行“食育”。所谓“食育”，就是从幼儿期起，给予食物、食品及相关知识的教育，并将这种饮食教育，延伸到艺术想像力和人生观培养上。在实践中，这种颇为有趣的“食育”，易被儿童所接受，故在家庭和幼教机构中能迅速推广。“ Japanese scholars have suggested that child-rearing should be “food education” in addition to moral education, intellectual education and sports. The so-called “food education” is from early childhood, giving food, food and related knowledge of education, and this diet education, extending to the art of imagination and outlook on the development of life. In practice, this rather interesting “food education” is easily accepted by children and can therefore be rapidly promoted at home and early childhood education institutions. "