Changing Diet along Economic Development and its Effects on Health

• Project/Area Number: 15K03472
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Meiji Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: OMURA Makiko 明治学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80397835)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 食と健康 / 経済発展 / 食のグローバル化 / 情報と消費行動 / 所得格差 / 健康格差

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analysed the increasingly westernised and industrialised diet along with economic development and its effects on health among different food cultures. Everyday food and diet are surveyed in 12 countries that vary in terms of the level of economic development and food culture. While the modernisation and globalisation of food were seen everywhere despite their different economic levels, diversity of food rooted in their unique culture was also observed. The analysis showed that food information and price significantly affect consumers’ choice. A cross-sectional study on the impact of food on health is underway.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

“We are what we eat（我々は食により作られる）”と言われ、健康的な食生活が推奨される中、我々の食生活が経済発展に伴って実際にどのように変遷してきたのか、特に様々な食材が国境を行きかう現在において、消費者がどのように食を選択し、またそうした食の選択が健康をどのように影響を与えてきているのかを客観的データにより知ることは、我々の厚生（健康寿命）及び社会政策（医療費抑制等）にとり意義がある。分析から、食に関する情報や価格が我々の食の選択に大きく影響することも示唆されたが、今後の食料品に関する情報提供のあり方を模索する上でも有用であろう。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] ファストフードと健康 (2016)
  • Author(s): 大村真樹子
  • Journal Title: 明治学院大学産業経済研究所年報 Volume: 33 Pages: 33-39
  • NAID: 120005955018
• [Journal Article] n Analysis of Wine and Food Consumption Dynamics in Japan using a Vector Error Correction Model (2016)
  • Author(s): Makiko Omura
  • Journal Title: Applied Economics Volume: 48(44) Issue: 44 Pages: 4257-4269
  • DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1156230
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] n Analysis of Wine Consumption Trends and Food-Related Expenditures in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Makiko Omura, Kensuke Ebihara, Yuka Sakurai
  • Journal Title: n Analysis of Wine Consumption Trends and Food-Related Expenditures in Japan Volume: 17(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 1-32
  • DOI: 10.1504/ijbg.2016.077563
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Potential Health Risk and Consumers’ Choice: Domestic Beef or Imported Beef? (2018)
  • Author(s): Makiko Omura
  • Organizer: International Conference on Food Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 25-26 October 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Evolution of Japanese Wine Market and Wine Law (2018)
  • Author(s): Kensuke Ebihara and Makiko Omura
  • Organizer: OEnometrie (Enometrics) XXV, Burgundy School of Business, Dijon France, 23-25 May, 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Field Experiment on Skill-Based School Health Education in Rural Bangladesh (2016)
  • Author(s): Makiko Omura
  • Organizer: Groupe de Recherche International en Economie Inernationale du Developpement (GDRI-IDE) International Development Economics 2016 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Centre of Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI) and University of Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Field Experiment on Skill-Based School Health Education in Rural Bangladesh (2016)
  • Author(s): Makiko Omura
  • Organizer: The 16th International Conference of Public Health Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Microbreweries in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Mari Ninomiya and Makiko Omura
  • Organizer: , the Enometrics XXIII
  • Place of Presentation: Universite de Haute Alsace (Colmar, France)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer: A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry. (2018)
  • Author(s): Mari Ninomiya and Makiko Omura.; C. Garavaglia and J. Swinnen (Eds.)
  • Publisher: Palgrave McMillan
  • ISBN: 9783319582344