Policy and information on nutrition improvement in Japan

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Documentations on Nutrition Policy in Japan

Health Promotion Act

Source: Japanese Law Translation Database System

The Health Promotion Act provides for the implementation of the National Health and Nutrition Survey and for the notification and nutritional management of specified food service facilities, and others.
A specified food service facility is a facility that continuously provides 100 or more meals at a time or 250 or more meals per day to a specific and large number of people, and a person who has established a specified food service facility is required to notify it. It also provides that the person who has in place a specified food service facility must carry out appropriate nutritional management in accordance with the standards prescribed by Regulations for Enforcement of the Health Promotion Act.
In accordance with Article 19 of the Health Promotion Act, the prefectural governor appoint nutrition counselors from among officials of the prefecture, cities that have health centers, and special wards who are qualified physicians and registered dietitians, and in accordance with Article 18, Paragraph 1 of the Act, nutrition counselors provide the necessary guidance and advice on implementing nutritional management to specified food service facilities.

Basic Act on Shokuiku (Food and Nutrition Education)

Source: Japanese Law Translation Database System

National Health and Nutrition Survey results

Source：「Health Japan 21 (the second term) Analysis and Assessment Project」(National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition)

Sourse : The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics Volume 78 2020 Supplement Pages S5-S15 (The National Institute of Health and Nutrition: 100 Years of History and Beyond)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare　“Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021”

Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare home page

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries　“Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021”

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website

Japan Nutrition (SPRINGER LINK)

Authors: Teiji Nakamura
The article introduces the history of nutrition improvement in Japan and the nutrition policy of Japan, which overcame the postwar nutritional deficiencies in a short period of time and has curbed the increase of obesity and lifestyle-related diseases due to westernization of food in recent years. This book can serve as a model for nutritional improvement in the world.

Strategic Initiative for a Healthy and Sustainable Food Environment（HSFE）

It is an initiative to create a food environment led by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and promoted through collaboration between industry, academia and government. This initiative considers nutritional and environmental issues such as excessive salt intake, thinness among young women and nutritional disparities caused by economic disparities as serious social issues, and develops a food environment where everyone can be naturally healthy through cooperation and collaboration among industry, academia, government and other stakeholders. This initiative aims to extend the healthy life expectancy of people in Japan and around the world, and to realise a vibrant and sustainable society.

School Meal Programs in Japan and Selected Countries

⇒ The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol.76 2018 Supplement　Special Issue

The National Institute of Health and Nutrition: 100 Years of History and Beyond

Sourse : The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics Volume 78 2020 Supplement

●Contents

Preface
  • The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics Special Issue on 100 years’ History and Perspective of National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Japan
Review Articles
  • The National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan: 75 Years of History
  • Regional Trends in Dietary Intake in Japan: the 2003~2017 National Health and Nutrition Survey
  • Revision of the Reference Weight of Food Portion of Foods Frequently Consumed in Japan: The Tools for Dietary Surveys of the National Health and Nutrition Survey
  • Trends in Maternal and Child Malnutrition Indicators in Japan
  • Overviews of Shokuiku Promotion
  • The Origin of Dietary Reference Intakes in Japan
  • History of Studies on Energy Requirements and Anthropometry in Japanese at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  • Regulation of the Food Labelling Systems for Health and Nutrition in Japan and Associated Role of the National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  • Ensuring the Reliability of Food Nutrition Labeling in Japan: Regulation and Laboratory Analysis
  • International Collaborative Activities and Studies at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  • A Review of Factors Associated with Nutritional Problems and Improvement Initiatives after Natural Disasters

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