摘要
The issue on modernity about the dietary life in Japan in Meiji Period was sug-gested as the form of the malnutrition of the Japanese people which is the most fun-damental factor in food culture.As the Japanese soldier in Meiji Period was so small because of malnutrition,which was a big problem to the Meiji government,it began to control the body of the people in the name of the modem value(such as diligence discipline and sanitation,etc.).To improve the consciousness of the people,the government made the standard of the dietary life according to the basic data about the body of the Japanese people.And they taught their people the importance of the nutrition in schools and army and the Illuminati did through the news paper and the journal.In addition*they made a minor offense provision to internalize it and put em-phasis on the sanitation administration and the sanitation fair,etc.Through the way mentioned above,the Meiji government intervened positively in the way of individual life.
