| Prefecture X (Earthquake and Tsunami) |
It might be better to have a list of priorities for shorter spans of time than 6 months. I am doubtful whether it is useful to think in such a long timeframe. Two or three months after the disaster, we were being told things like, “If the food is just sweet buns like this, everyone will develop diabetes. You’re going to give everyone diabetes.” However, now I look at Table 8 and think that perhaps I didn’t have to worry about it until six months had passed. The period during which people can’t eat isn’t that long. After the earthquake and tsunami, there was a period of one or two months when people could not buy anything; however, during other disasters, stores were open next to evacuation shelters, and even during typhoons, there were places where people could buy things immediately. Conversely, if it is a long period of time like in Table 8, I sometimes wonder how much support municipalities should provide. I think the timeframe should be a little shorter (Prefecture-run Public Health Center).
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| Prefecture Y (Earthquake) |
“Ensure calorie intake” in the “within one month” category refers only to nutrients and does not include the perspective that eating a meal can calm people down or that being provided with food as usual will restore their mental balance. Even if you have ensured sufficient caloric intake, there’s the question that is it enough to eat rice balls and bread every day, so it’s important to present a different perspective. There will be people who think that “as long we can ensure caloric intake for now, that’s all that’s needed, and we’ve been able to procure this much, so it’s fine.” If we don’t think about how we use and present this information, it will lead to misunderstandings (Prefectural Government). It would be nice to have standard values for each phase. I think it’s good to have them for each phase because that way you can see that the perspective changes when it comes to the long term. It would be better if the values were included in Table 8 (City Government).
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| Prefecture Z (Torrential Rains) |
During the “within one month” period, we were working to ensure that the nutrients in Table 1 were met. It would be helpful to have targets for vegetable intake and intake by food groups (City-run Public Health Center). After 3 or 4 days, the residents complained about every aspects of meals, including times per day. “Within one month” in Table 8 could be broken down more finely, such as “within 3 days” and “4 days to 1 week” (City Government).
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