Specialty

Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Global Nutrition

Works

Original articles

1 Ishikawa M, Hemmi O, Matsumoto M, Takimoto H, Yokoyama T. Trend of estimated participation rate by regional block, gender, and age group in the 1997 – 2019: National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan, PLoS One. 2024; doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286169.

2 Ishikawa M, Morinaga Y, Haraikawa M, et al. Gap between the concerns of healthcare professionals and parents’ perceptions regarding dietary habits for 18-month- and 3-year-old children in Japan. BMC Public Health. 2023; 23: 1891. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16743-z.

3 Ishikawa M, Yokoyama T, Takimoto H. Possible measures to improve both participation and response quality in Japan’s National Health and Nutrition Survey: Results from a workshop by local government personnel in charge of the survey, Nutrients. 2022; 14(19): 3906 doi.org/10.3390/nu14193906.

4 Ishikawa M, Eto K, Haraikawa M, et al. Relationship between parents’ dietary care and food diversity among preschool children in Japan, Public Health Nutr. 2022; 25(2):398-409.

5 Ishikawa M, Yokomichi H, Yokoyama T. Difference and variance in nutrient intake by age for older adults living alone in Japan; Comparison of dietary reference intakes for the Japanese population, Nutrients. 2021; 13(5): 1431. doi.org/10.3390/nu13051431.

6 Ishikawa M, Eto K, Miyoshi M, et al. Parent–child cooking meal together may relate to parental concerns about the diets of their toddlers and preschoolers: a cross-sectional analysis in Japan, Nutr J. 2019; 18:76. doi.org/10.1186/s12937-019-0480-0.

7 Ishikawa M, Yokoyama T, Hayashi F, et al. Subjective well-being is associated with food behavior and demographic factors in chronically ill older Japanese people living alone, J Nutr Health Aging. 2018;22(3):341-353.

8 Ishikawa M, Takemi Y, Yokoyama T, et al. “Eating together” is associated with food behaviors and demographic factors of older Japanese people who live alone, J Nutr Health Aging. 2017; 21(6): 662-672.

Reviews

1 Ishikawa M, Yokoyama T. The relationship between individual and environmental factors related to health, nutritional status, and diet in elderly people living alone in Japan. Nutrition Reviews. 2023;81(1):91-94.

2 Ishikawa M, Yokoyama T, Sone T. Historical transition of National Institute of Public Health’s contribution to Nutrition policies in Japan, Journal of National Institute of Public Health. 2021; 70(1):28-44.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jniph/70/1/70_28/_article

Web magazine/ Podcast

1 Ishikawa M. Nutrition in childhood has a lifelong impact, Special Feature 1 – Children’s Nutrition, HEALTHIST, 2022, No.272. https://healthist.net/en/nutrition/1731/

2 Ishikawa M, Yokoyama T. Nutrition Reviews. The relationship between individual and environmental factors related to health, nutritional status and diet in elderly people living alone in Japan. 2023.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nutrition-reviews/episodes/The-relationship-between-individual-and-environmental-factors-related-to-health–nutritional-status–and-diet-in-elderly-people-living-alone-in-Japan-e22v64h/a-a9nliso

Conference presentations

1 Ishikawa M, Hemmi O, Yokoyama T. Aging related changes in protein intake and meal types in Japan, 19th International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics, June 2024, Toronto, Canada.

2 Ishikawa M. Public Health Nutrition Activities by Administrative Dietitians in Japan: The Maternal and Child Nutrition Program，Workshop, The 8th Asian Congress of Dietetics, August 2022, Yokohama, Japan.

3 Ishikawa M. Maternal and child nutrition policies, measures and action in Japan, The 8th Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition, Importance of maternal and child nutrition strategies towards SDGs in the Western Pacific Region, February 2018, Tokyo, Japan.

Social contributions

Nutrition technical advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Committee member, Workshop in Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutritional Sciences, International Union in Nutrition Sciences, 2017.

Committee member, Food and Agriculture Organization. International expert consultation on Stepping up school-based food and nutrition education, 2017.

Temporary adviser, World Health Organization/Western Pacific Region. Regional Workshop the Marketing and sale of foods and non-alcoholic beverages at schools, 2016.