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Tsujiguchi, Hiromasa; Hara, Akinori; Miyagi, Sakae; Pham, Kim Oanh; Suzuki, Keita; Nguyen, Thao Thi Thu; Ono, Yasuki; Kambayashi, Yasuhiro; Shimizu, Yukari; Nakamura, Haruki; Suzuki, Fumihiko; Shibata, Aki; Hayashi, Koichi; Tsuboi, Hirohito; Nakamura, Hiroyuki – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Increased food selectivity among children with autism spectrum disorder may lead to nutritional inadequacy. We designed this study to examine the prospective relationship between autistic traits in children and subsequent nutrient intake in later childhood and whether this relationship changes over time. We utilized longitudinal data obtained at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Akihiro, Maeta; Mizue, Oku; Kyoko, Takahashi – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: We investigated how students' interest in healthy eating changed after the introduction of on-site school lunch, prepared on campus, at a Japanese junior high school. Design: One-year follow-up study. Setting: Participants were 166 students in their second year of study at a public junior high school in Japan which introduced an on-site…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Student Interests, Eating Habits
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Hirokawa, Kumi; Kimura, Takashi; Ikehara, Satoyo; Honjo, Kaori; Ueda, Kimiko; Sato, Takuyo; Iso, Hiroyasu; Kishi, Reiko; Yaegashi, Nobuo; Hashimoto, Koichi; Mori, Chisato; Ito, Shuichi; Yamagata, Zentaro; Inadera, Hidekuni; Kamijima, Michihiro; Heike, Toshio; Iso, Hiroyasu; Shima, Masayuki; Kawai, Yasuaki; Suganuma, Narufumi; Kusuhara, Koichi; Katoh, Takahiko – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
The purpose of the present study was to investigate associations of dietary intake including vitamin D, folate, and n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in pregnant women with broad autism phenotype (BAP). The Japan Environment and Children's Study is a government-funded birth cohort study. All complete data of 92,011 were analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Dietetics, Nutrition, Pregnancy
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Ohtsuki, Makoto; Shibata, Katsumi; Fukuwatari, Tutomu; Sasaki, Yuko; Nakai, Kunihiko – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention to increase vegetable consumption by university students. Design/methodology/approach: This study is an open, parallel randomized controlled trial for 25 weeks. University students aged 18-24 years were divided into an intervention group (n=52) and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Eating Habits, Food
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Abe, Keina; Akamatsu, Rie – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: Leaving a portion of meals uneaten, known as plate waste, is a serious problem among children in Japan. Although children's confidence that they can completely finish meals is related to plate waste, the circumstances that influence this confidence are not known. This study examined situations in which low self-efficacy for finishing…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Eating Habits, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Ainuki, Tomomi; Akamatsu, Rie; Hayashi, Fumi; Takemi, Yukari – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: This study examined whether the experience of enjoyable mealtimes at home during childhood was related to eating behaviors and subjective diet-related quality of life in adulthood. Methods: The study used data (n = 2,936) obtained from a research program about "Shokuiku" (food and nutrition education) conducted by the Cabinet…
Descriptors: Children, Quality of Life, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Tanaka, Noriko; Kinoshita, Yukiko – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
Japan once was a country suffering from undernourishment due to the shortage of food supply during and right after World War. Within a half century, however, Japan became one of the most developed industrial counties and, during the process of the economic development, adopted Western life style and eating habit: the Japanese have, with sufficient…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Diseases, Economic Development
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology