This paper aims to clarify how nutrition teachers (NTs) are currently being assigned as well as related issues by examining the example of Chiba Prefecture. NTs are not just responsible for handling school lunches-they also serve a critical role in handling the modern health problems of children. Despite this, the Act on Standards for Class Formation and Fixed Number of School Personnel of Public Compulsory Education Schools were not improved when the NTs system was established. As a result, school dietitians (SDs) currently exist alongside NTs, and some districts presently have more of the former than the latter. The prefecture of Chiba is one such example. Under this system, nutrition teacher’s license has lost its significance, and a heavy burden has been placed on both NTs and SDs. We therefore surveyed the NTs and SDs currently working in public schools in Chiba and analyzed the results. The data suggests that people with the examination experience in the past still want to transition to the NTs, and the license itself still has meaning. As for work-related stress and problems, a comparative analysis of the three groups (NTs, SDs with nutrition teacher’s license, and SDs without nutrition teacher’s license) revealed that they all feel equally burdened in many challenges, with no real difference between the three. The burden on NTs that work simultaneously for multiple schools was particularly striking. Regarding their desire for assignment policies in the future, NTs tend to wish that “Only NTs are hired for new positions,” which is different than that of SDs with nutrition teacher’s license and SDs without nutrition teacher’s license. Therefore, we can say that even though the significance of nutrition teacher’s license has remained, NTs do not feel less burdened-they actually feel a heavy burden. It is essential that the government standards be elevated for appointing NTs and SDs to reduce their sense of burden.