Development and study of a food frequency questionnaire for worker of Japanese-Brazilian living in Japan

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19791748
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: NAGANUMA Rie Kanazawa University, 保健学系, 助教 (50303285)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 看護学 / 医療福祉 / 栄養学 / 在日外国人

Research Abstract

Recently, the number of Japanese-Brazilian who is living in Japan is increasing, and it is expected that much of them need their own meal guidance like Japanese one. However, situation and subjects of their diet contents have not been cleared yet. Our objective is to clarify their food intake through assessment of nutrition by photography of meals. As the results these are clear that they had more salt, sugar, fat and fruit than those of Japanese. Their menu was almost the same as Japanese one, but they use unique seasoning.