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Tohru Fushiki2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 1-7
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSPalatability involves complex factors and information processing in the brain. Recent advances in research enable some conclusions to be drawn and hypotheses presented for the mechanism underlying the generation of likes and dislikes for foods.View full abstractDownload PDF (1999K) -
Kaori Manako, Kazue Nagata-Kuno, Keisuke Arao, Toshimi Mizunuma2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 9-16
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA study was performed to determine the characteristics of young children with a poor appetite at both breakfast and dinner. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 2, 145 children attending kindergarten during September 2000 regarding “appetite”, “lifestyle”, “play areas”, “meal partners” and “health”.
Many young children (43.1%) reported a poor appetite at breakfast. Those children with such a poor appetite tended to sleep later, get up later, and eat breakfast later than those children who reported a good appetite in the morning. Most children who reported eating breakfast alone also tended to play indoors, and many who complained of health displayed a poor morning appetite. Most children who reported a poor appetite at dinner also demonstrated a poor appetite at breakfast.
More children who ate breakfast alone represented those with a poor appetite at both breakfast and dinner than those who reported a good appetite at dinner. Some of the children who reported a poor appetite at both breakfast and dinner quoted general ailments. The results suggest that an awareness of the situation at dinner would be useful for understanding overall eating habits.View full abstractDownload PDF (1911K) -
Yoko Sugiura, Yuko Yaginuma, Mitsuko Okazaki2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 17-24
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSEating disorders have recently become a problem for young people, and it is important to understand individual eating behavior to achieve a regular dietary habit. We investigated the nutrient intake by about 65 young women, and examined the technique by which the individual eating behavior was evaluated.
The coefficient of variance (C. V.%) of the dietary energy intake was used to assess the eating behavior of lday-unit. We classified the subjects into two groups:“lday-unit regular-eating” group (n=35) and “1day-unit irregular-eating” group (n=30). The mean C. V.% value was 23.8% with a range of 15.5-37.0%, these values being similar to those already reported.
The mean energy intake decreased in parallel with the C. V.% value (r=-0.58, p<0.001).
The energy intake from breakfast, lunch and dinner and the skipped meal ratio determined the regularity of eating behavior of 3 meal-unit. We classified the subjects into two groups:“3 meal-unit regular-eating” group (n=30) and“3 meal-unit irregular-eating” group (n=35). Many subjects categorized in the 1day-unit regular-eating group were also in the 3 meal-unit regular-eating group.
It was found that personal characteristics were responsible for individual eating habits, because the investigational stage did not influence the indices for the regularity of individual eating behavior, 1day-unit and 3 meal-unit.
It is suggested that a person with an eating disorder cannot be specified in a simplified questionnaire.View full abstractDownload PDF (2133K) -
Satomi Maruyama, Kaoru Suzuki, Sachiko Kumazawa, Masayuki Totani, Ryok ...2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 25-29
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSLeptin is a protein encoded by the ob gene and expressed in adipocytes, and is known to be correlated with themass of body fat and to respond to changes in energy intake. Leptin may be an important mediator of the reproductivefunction. We hypothesized that the leptin concentration in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) wouldbe low and that leptin may be a sensitive marker of overall nutritional status. We therefore examined the leptin concentrationand energy intake of 19 hypothalamic amenorrheal women and 12 control women. The leptin concentrationwas lower in the HA subjects than in the control subjects, and the fat intake, insulin concentration, irregular eatingbehavior and smoking habit were higher in those women with HA than in the control subjects.
These data demonstrate that leptin was independent of the fat mass and nutritional intake in women with HA.The low leptin level may have reflected a nutritional abnormality, irregular eat ing behavior and smoking habit.View full abstractDownload PDF (1215K) -
Shimako Muto2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 31-37
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSAn electronic survey on a website of the Kanto Regional Agricultural Administration Office was performedduring September 2001. A total of 729 individuals (164 males and 565 females) participated. The questionnaire comprisedquestions regarding the stages of dietary behavior change, practices meeting dietary guidelines, demands onfood information services, and the activities undertaken by consumers for reviewing and improving dietary patterns.The survey participants were classified into four stages of dietary behavior change: pre-contemplation (9.1%), contemplation (4.9%), preparation (78.6%), and action (7.4%). A significant relationship was observed between thestage of dietary behavior change and practices meeting dietary guidelines, demands on food information services andactivities undertaken with a view towards dietary improvement. The most common nutritional problem reported byparticipants in the preparation stage was an excessive intake of oily and fatty foods. Participants in the pre-contemplationstage desired nutritional assessment by computer, those in the contemplation stage wanted to enroll in cookingclasses, those in the preparation stage required communication between food producers and consumers, and those inthe action stage requested activities involving regional food culture. It is necessary to provide this information and opportunities according to the appropriate stage of dietary behavior change.View full abstractDownload PDF (1717K) -
Yoshi Kasugai, Naoko Kitano2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 39-45
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA study was made of food served for lunch in the canteen of a large industrial factory during the 1998 year. The data used for analysis were the number of food materials, food groups, kinds of meal, cooking methods, food intake and nutrient intake for two set lunch menus.
The two set lunch menus satisfied the diners' requests of being able to select a main dish of either fish or meat. There were respective totals of 134 and 144 kinds of meal for the fish and meat selections in the year, although about 40 kinds of meal offered on both set menus made up 80% of the total. Frying or grilling were mainly used for both main dishes. Both set lu ches provided good nutritional balance, apart from the high salt and low calcium contents which needed improvement.View full abstractDownload PDF (1753K) -
Machiko Asano, Noriko Fukakura, Junko Odachi, Chiyoko Kawaraya, Atsuko ...2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 47-54
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA survey was conducted on the use of fast foods among young people from schoolchildren to university students and its effect on diet was evaluated.
Thirty-two percent of the subjects reported eating fast foods once or more per week (group A), while the other subjects reported twice or less per month (group B). Among the reasons quoted for the use of fast foods, “cheap price” and “good taste” accounted for about 40% and then “convenience”. Schoolchildren quoted “cheap price” as the biggest reason and then “pleasure”. The subjects tended to eat hamburger, French fries and fried chicken for lunch and snacks, doughnuts, hot dogs and takoyaki for snacks, pizza for dinner, and okonomiyaki, noodles and rice dishes for lunch and dinner. Hamburger, French fries and fried chicken tended to be eaten at a restaurant, pizza and okonomiyaki at home, doughnuts, hot dogs, noodles and rice dishes at a restaurant and at home, and takoyaki at home and at outdoor stands. Schoolchildren and junior high school children tended to eat fast foods with their family, while university students and high school students tended to eat fast foods, except for pizza and okonomiyaki, with their friends.
Almost all the subjects were satisfied with the taste of fast foods, although many complained about the quantity of fried chicken and abou the price of pizza and fried chicken. Group A subjects more often skipped breakfast than group B subjects, and group B subjects more often ate breakfast and dinner with their family (p<0.01). Some differences in health-related behavior were found between groups A and B, with group A subjects tending to have worse health conditions. The percentages of those who ate balanced meals consisting of a staple food, main dish and side dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner were 3.7%, 18.9 % and 25.8%, respectively. These percentages were higher for group B than for group A (p<0.01). The ercentages of those who had no balanced meal each day were 71.3% for group A and 59.3% for group B (p<0.001).View full abstractDownload PDF (1968K) -
[in Japanese]2003 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 55-62
Published: February 01, 2003
Released on J-STAGE: November 26, 2010
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