Table 3.

Sample interview questions for school dietitians (n 5) who participated in an ethnographic study of lunch waste in Tokyo elementary schools, November 2017–March 2018

How do you think chisan-chisho and food waste are related, if at all? What changes do you see among children after they are exposed to shokuiku about chisan-chisho?

About how much food waste do you usually have? What types of foods and menus have the highest amount of food waste?

What do you think contributes to low food waste?

What kinds of things do you do to reduce food waste?