{"id":6957,"date":"2025-05-16T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6957"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:34:41","slug":"npust-and-pingtung-health-bureau-hold-inter-generational-learning-activity-on-food-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/news\/npust-and-pingtung-health-bureau-hold-inter-generational-learning-activity-on-food-health\/","title":{"rendered":"NPUST and Pingtung Health Bureau Hold Inter-Generational Learning Activity on Food Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) and the Pingtung County Health Bureau have joined hands to organize a series of \u201cGenerational Integration\u201d learning activities. Following the successful completion of the first \u201cLife Healing\u201d session held in March (2025), a session on \u201cFood Health\u201d was held on May 16<sup>th<\/sup>. NPUST\u2019s chief secretary Fang-Ming Lin and Pingtung County Health Bureau Section Chief Chia-Hui Chiu attended the event which invited seniors from Sandimen, Wutai and Majia townships to attend classes at the NPUST campus. The classes, which were held at the Department of Animal Science, Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and the Second Student Restaurant, aimed to promote learning and communication among different generations and achieve the goals of \u201cloving and respecting the elderly\u201d and \u201cintegration of generations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NPUST Chief Secretary Fang-Ming Lin said that the \u201c\u2018Generational Integration\u2014Youth and Seniors Learn Together\u2019 activity is not only an opportunity to promote learning, but also an important platform to shorten the distance between generations. This event allowed the elderly to feel the youthful vitality and sincere care of the college students, and also allowed the students to learn valuable wisdom and life experiences from the elderly, thus achieving a deep connection between the university campus and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The morning session began with a class on \u201cHong Kong-style Fried Chicken Preparation\u201d instructed by Professor Fu-Yuan Cheng from the Department of Animal Science. The class taught the participants how to choose healthy meat and prepare meat products. This was followed by a class on \u201cEdamame Dim Sum Preparation\u201d organized by Assistant Prof. Hung-Ju Tsai and Erin Shih of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Here, with the help of university students, the seniors learned how to use edamame (a local ingredient in Pingtung), to make nutritious and delicious edamame Dorayaki and edamame crepe roll cake, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the importance of a healthy diet. In addition to helping the elderly improve their life skills, the classes allowed students to experience firsthand the wisdom and rich life experiences of the elderly, and promote cross-generational understanding and communication. After the morning classes, the seniors went to the school\u2019s Second Student Restaurant to participate in a \u201cNutrition Education\u201d class taught by a nutritionist from the Pingtung County Health Bureau where they learned how to combine the six major types of food to maintain a balanced diet. Afterwards, the participants enjoyed a \u201cYouth and Seniors Meal\u201d together, bringing the day\u2019s \u201cFood Health\u201d session to a close with laughter and friendly interaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6958,"template":"","genre":[],"colleges":[36],"visions":[31],"sdgs":[13,14,20,21],"class_list":["post-6957","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","colleges-college-of-humanities-and-social-sciences","visions-platinum-society","sdgs-good-health-and-well-being","sdgs-quality-education","sdgs-reduce-inequalities","sdgs-sustainable-cities-and-communities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"colleges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/colleges?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"visions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visions?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"sdgs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sdgs?post=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}