The following studies were conducted on food and nutrition education ("Shokuiku") and on health guidance for lifestyle-related diseases using information and communication technologies (ICT). 1. Nutritional education on the importance of a well balanced selection of food and creating a good combination of dishes was performed using the Hyper-Mirror System on the same screen to allow joint education of elementary school children in Thailand and in two different regions in Japan. Moreover, this system allows a comparative study of food preferences among school children in different countries. 2. In the Sakado Project on school-based "Shokuiku", the effectiveness of an internet-based food-mapping tool used to choose snacks and between-meal foods by elementary school children was examined. 3. Changes in nutritional knowledge, attitudes and behavior of school children after using a Flash-based breakfast-selection program from a website using the drag and drop method were confirmed. 4. Development of a health guidance program that integrates medical laboratory tests, dietary habits, physical exercise, and smoking and alcohol habits. 
Original Paper Hiromi IKEDA, Kazumi KASHIHARA, Naoki HAMAGUCHI, Junko FUJIKURA, Shimako MUTO: Effects of Nutritional Care Interventions on Dialysis Patients, The Journal of KAGAWANUTRITION UNIVERSITY, Vol. 40,17-24 (2009) Hiromi IKEDA, Junko FUJIKURA, Shimako MUTO，Kazumi KASHIHARA, Naoki HAMAGUCHI: Development of Nutritional Self Care Support Software for Dialysis Patients and it's Practical Approach, The Report of the Research Institute of Science for Living College of International Relations, Nihon University, No.31,21-34 (2009) Michihiro Koyanagi, Eiji Taya, Shimako Muto: Visualization of Food Taste by Electronic Tongue, Bio Industry , Vol.26 No.3, 7-15 (2009) Junko Fujikura, Shimako Muto, Yukari Takemi, Hitomi Okubo ,Hisako Tanaka ,Akio Kagawa and Satoshi Sasaki：The Sakado School-based "Shokuiku" Food and Nutrition Education Project, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 20, supplement, 57-63 (2008) Akiko NAKAZAWA, Ako IMAI, Yuko YOSHIMOTO, Teiichiro OKUBAYASHI, Katsusuke SHIGETA, Spence ZAORSKI, Takanori MAESAKO, Junko FUJIKURA, Shimako MUTO, Osamu MORIKAWA: Characteristics of Distance Learning between Japan and Thailand: Application of HyperMirror to Distance Learning, The Journal of Educational Technology, Vol.24 Supplement 109-112 (2008) Kinuyo KANBE, Mamoru KONNNO, Takako YOSHIDA, Etsu KOHASHI, Hisao NAKAJIMA, Shimako MUTO: Validity of Food Frequency Method including Green Tea Beverage: The Report of the Research Institute of Science for Living College of International Relations, Nihon University, No.30,67-73 (2008) Junnko Fujikura and Shimako Muto: Development of the Java Applet Food Mapping Tool for Dietary Assessment and Consideration of its Validity (in Japanese with English abstract), Health Science, 23(3),174-183 (2007) Shimako Muto: Food preference and nutrition education (in Japanese), Journal of Human Life Engineering, 8(4),13-16 (2007) Shizue Yamashita, Yorika Imachi and Shimako Muto: Development of nutrition education programs based on relations among body image,body fat and nutrition intakes in young Japanese female students (in Japanese with English abstract), Bulletin of Kurashiki Sakuyo University & Sakuyo Junior College, 39(2), 1-19 (2006) Kazuhiro Hirayama, Ryutarou Arai ,Kikuji Itoh, Rumi Ide and Shimako Muto: Effects of Wheat Bran and Brown Rice Cereals on the Intestinal Environment and Skin Conditions (in English), Bioscience & Microflora, 25(1),9-15 (2006) Hiromi Ikeda, Miho Murakoshi, Kayoko Miyamoto, Mutuko Kikuchi, Junko Fujikura and Shimako Muto: The priority of patients or Wards to Become the Focus of NST in the Medical School Hospital (in Japanese with English abstract), Annals of the Institute of Nutrition Sciences Kagawa Nutr. Univ., 13, 61-67 (2005) Yuko Yoshimoto, Shimako Muto, Junnko Fujikura, Mituru Sakuma, Yoshinori Kaneko, Caleb T.O.Otto and Lillian Nakamura: Obesity, bone status and dietary intake of Palauan elderly congregating in a Senior Citizen’s Center (in English), Journal of Community Health and Clinical Medicine for Pacific, 12(1), 22-32 (2005) Rumi Ide, Kikuji Itoh, Kazuhiro Hirayama and Shimako Muto: Breakfast cereal with balanced amounts of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber improves skin conditions of young females (in Japanese with English abstract), Journal for the Integrated Study of Dietary Habits, 16(3), 17-26 (2005) Shizue Yamashita and Shimako Muto: Body fat changes in young Japanese women after educational intervention (in Japanese with English abstract), Bulletin of Kurashiki Sakuyo University & Sakuyo Junior College, 38(1), 87-103 (2005) Hiromi Ikeda, Kazumi Kashihara, Akiko Nitta ,Miyuki Ono ,Junko Fujikura, Shimako Muto, Mariko Ochiai and Naoki Hamaguchi: Relations between food preference and clinical laboratory tests in Hemodialysis Patients(in Japanese), Journal of Japan Society of Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, 8(2), 131-138 (2005) Review Shimako Muto and Hiromi Ikeda: The role of the national registered dietician in the special health guidance for lifestyle related diseases, Sogo rinsho, 57(5),1523-1526 (2008) |
