Effect of food and home environment on food intake (focus on vegetables and fruits).

• Project/Area Number: 26750052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Kumamoto
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIMURA EIICHI 熊本県立大学, 環境共生学部, 准教授 (70613214)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 食環境 / 食物摂取状況 / 世帯環境 / 地理情報システム / 野菜 / 果物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of food environment and individual factors on food intake (focus on vegetables and fruits). The participants were 165 women Japanese dietetic students 18 to 22 years. Neighborhood food environment was defined as the number of food store within a 500m radius of residence. Subjective food environment (5 items) and individual factors (9 items) were evaluated using self-administered questionnaire. Dietary intake was assessed using self-recorded food frequency questionnaire. In the results, no association was seen between neighborhood food environment and food intake (vegetables and fruits). Food costs, cooking frequencies, and health considerations were significantly related to food intake (vegetables and fruits). Further studies are needed to clarify in causal relationship.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Skipping breakfast reduces energy intake and physical activity in healthy women who are habitual breakfast eaters: A randomized crossover trial (2017)
  • Author(s): Eiichi Yoshimura, Yoichi Hatamoto, Satomi Yonekura, Hiroaki Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Physiology & Behavior Volume: 174 Pages: 89-94
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.03.008
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Relationship between social factors and physical activity among elderly survivors of the Great East Japan earthwuake: a cross-sectional study (2016)
  • Author(s): Yoshimura E, Ishikawa-Takata K, Murakami H, Tsuboyam-Kasaoka N, Sakata K, et al.
  • Journal Title: BMC Geriatrics Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0203-8
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Body Mass Index and Kidney Stones: A Cohort Study of Japanese Men (2016)
  • Author(s): Yoshimura E, Sawada SS, Lee IM, Gando Y, Kamada M, Matsushita M, Kawakami R, Ando R, Okamoto T, Tsukamoto K, Miyachi M, Blair SN
  • Journal Title: Journal of Epidemiology Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Pages: 131-136
  • DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20150049
  • NAID: 130005131965
  • ISSN: 0917-5040, 1349-9092
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Influence of the dietary sodium and potassium intake on the heart rate corrected-QT interval in elderly subjects (2015)
  • Author(s): R Michishita, K Ishikawa-Takata, E Yoshimura, R Mihara, M Ikenaga, K Morimura, N Takeda, Y Yamada, Y Higaki, H Tanaka, A Kiyonaga; The Nakagawa Study Group
  • Journal Title: Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology Volume: 61(2) Pages: 138-146
  • NAID: 130005074122
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Lifestyle intervention involving calorie restriction with or without aerobic exercise training improves liver fat in adults with visceral adiposity (2014)
  • Author(s): E Yoshimura, H Kumahara, T Tobina, T Matsuda, M Ayabe, A Kiyonaga, K Anzai, Y Higaki, H Tanaka
  • Journal Title: J Obesity Volume: 2014 Pages: 197216-197216
  • DOI: 10.1155/2014/197216
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Measurement of body composition in response to a short period of overfeeding. (2014)
  • Author(s): Hiroyuki Sagayama, Yu Jikumaru, Akiko Hirata, Yosuke Yamada, Eiichi Yoshimura, Mamiko Ichikawa, Yoichi Hatamoto, Naoyuki Ebine, Akira Kiyonaga, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuki Higaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physiological Anthropology Volume: 33(1): 29 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-6
  • DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-33-29
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Effects of rapid weight loss and regain on body composition and energy expenditure. (2013)
  • Author(s): Sagayama H, Yoshimura E, Yamada Y, Ichikawa M, Ebine N, Higaki Y, Kiyonaga A, Tanaka H.
  • Journal Title: Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism. Volume: 39 Issue: 1 Pages: 21-27
  • DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0096
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Remarks] 研究者情報
  • URL: http://www.pu-kumamoto.ac.jp/site2010/php/researcher/detail.php?id=134&back=s