Taste sensitivity and body composition

• Project/Area Number: 15K12351
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Kindai University
• Principal Investigator: FUJITA Yuki 近畿大学, 医学部, 講師 (10330797)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 甲田 勝康 近畿大学, 医学部, 准教授 (60273182) ; 中村 晴信 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (10322140) ; 伊木 雅之 近畿大学, 医学部, 教授 (50184388)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 味覚 / 体組成 / 幼児 / 小児

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to assess an association between the senses of taste and body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Although there were no differences between tastes detection scores at five years old and taste detection scores at four years old, taste recognition scores at four years old was higher than that at four years old. Taste recognition abilities were developed in one year from 4 years old to 5 years old. Subjects were stratified into tertile groups by fat mass index (FMI). Trends showed a significant decrease from the lowest FMI group to the highest FMI group. Total score of taste detection is inversely associated with fat mass index. On the other hand, there were no association between total score of taste recognition and FMI.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Increased Ratio of Trunk-to-Appendicular Fat and Decreased Adiponectin: A Population-Based Study of School Children in Hamamatsu, Japan. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kouda K, Nakamura H, Ohara K, Fujita Y, Iki M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Densitometry Volume: 20 Pages: 66-72
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Trunk-to-Peripheral Fat Ratio Predicts Subsequent Blood Pressure Levels in Pubertal Children With Relatively Low Body Fat – Three-Year Follow-up Study – (2016)
  • Author(s): Kouda K, Ohara K, Fujita Y, Nakamura H, Iki M
  • Journal Title: Circulation Journal Volume: 80 Issue: 8 Pages: 1838-1845
  • DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-0259
  • NAID: 130005166114
  • ISSN: 1346-9843, 1347-4820
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Predicting bone mineral acquisition during puberty: data from a 3-year follow-up study in Hamamatsu, Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Kouda K, Ohara K, Nakamura H, Fujita Y, Iki M
  • Journal Title: J Bone Miner Metab Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 185-191
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00774-016-0740-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 比較的痩せた女子児童において体幹下肢脂肪比は3年後のHbA1cを予測するのか？ (2017)
  • Author(s): 甲田勝康, 濱田昌実, 藤田裕規, 中村晴信, Jaalkhorol Myadamaa, 立木隆広, 由良晶子, 上西一弘, 梶田悦子, 伊木雅之
  • Organizer: 第87回日本衛生学会
  • Place of Presentation: フェニックス・シーガイア・リゾート, 宮崎県宮崎市
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-26
• [Presentation] 生活習慣と体組成との関連：小学生を対象として横断調査より (2016)
  • Author(s): 中村晴信, 小原久未子, 甲田勝康, 藤田裕規, 間瀬知紀, 宮脇千惠美, 桃井克将, 藤谷倫子, 古谷真樹
  • Organizer: 日本学校保健学会学術第63回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学、茨城県つくば市
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-19
• [Presentation] 小学生5年生における体組成と生活習慣との関連 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中村晴信, 小原久未子, 甲田勝康, 藤田裕規, 間瀬知紀, 宮脇千惠美, 桃井克将, 藤谷倫子, 村山留美子
  • Organizer: 第75回日本公衆衛生学会
  • Place of Presentation: グランフロント大阪、大阪府大阪市
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-26
• [Presentation] 成長期における体組成と日常生活行動との関連 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中村晴信, 小原久未子, 甲田勝康, 藤田裕規, 桃井克将, 間瀬知紀, 宮脇千惠美, 藤谷倫子, 沖田善光
  • Organizer: 日本生理人類学会第74回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 和倉温泉会館、石川県七尾市
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-22
• [Presentation] Eating behaviour and body composition in Japanese school children. (2016)
  • Author(s): Nakamura H, Ohara K, Kouda K,Fujita Y, Momoi K, Fujitani T, Miyawaki C, Mase T
  • Organizer: 20th Congress of the European Anthropological Association
  • Place of Presentation: University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-24
• [Presentation] 体組成と生活習慣との関連―小学生高学年における横断調査より― (2016)
  • Author(s): 中村晴信, 小原久未子, 甲田勝康, 藤田裕規, 間瀬知紀, 宮脇千惠美
  • Organizer: 第63回近畿学校保健学会
  • Place of Presentation: 滋賀医科大学、滋賀県大津市
• [Presentation] 成長期における食行動・食態度と体組成との関連. (2016)
  • Author(s): 小原久未子, 甲田勝康,間瀬知紀, 宮脇千惠美, 藤田裕規, 桃井克将, 藤谷倫子, 沖田善光, 中村晴信
  • Organizer: 日本生理人類学会第74回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 和倉温泉会館、石川県七尾市