Laboratory of

Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science

(NEDS)

データサイエンス

情報科学系知識と
活用スキル
情報処理・数理・統計学、
論理的思考など

データエンジニアリング

データ活用スキル
プログラミング、
データビジュアライゼーション
（データ視覚化）など

食の専門知識

疫学・栄養疫学
食品・栄養学
公衆栄養学
医学など

コミュニケーション

課題解決に向けた実践的スキル
PDCAサイクル、
問題解決能力
公衆栄養マネジメントなど

We aim to investigate how diet and nutrition affects people’s health at the population level. Nutritional epidemiology is the application of epidemiological methods to the study of how diet is associated with disease by collecting data on and comparing large groups of people.

食のデータサイエンス
Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science
データの力で人の健康と
豊かな食生活に貢献する

食と健康を取り巻く

問題を抽出

問題解決を目的とした
研究デザインを提案

調査の実施

データ収集

データ分析
問題を把握

問題解決法の
有効性検証と提案

データに裏付けされた
実践活動へ展開

社会還元へ

Findings from nutrition epidemiological studies contribute towards the wide-range evidence-based practice and policy making of diet and health. Large-scale data and advanced statistical methods are used to estimate the association between diet and diseases. Not only do we use existing data, but also we collect data about diet using new technologies.

研究プロジェクト

Web-based dietary assessment system

Research about the feasibility and validity of a web-based dietary assessment system which we developed. The system included various Japanese recipe databases based on observational studies which are advantageous for applying for the exposure assessment in epidemiological studies.

Research on the reduction of salt intake.

Research about how to reduce salt intake while maintaining Japanese cultural dietary habits.

Assessment on Acrylamide and its association with cancer

Acrylamide, a substance consumed through food daily, is a possible cause of cancer. The research focuses on the exposure assessment and cancer risk caused by acrylamide.

Japan Public Health Center-based prospective cohort study (JPHC study)

Data analyses of long-followed prospective cohort data is important for more understanding of the diet-disease association, and evidence-based practice of diet and health. As a member of JPHC study, we analyze data of diet-disease association for various topics.

Research on skipping breakfast

Research based on understanding the of proportion and its background of breakfast skipping, specifically for Japanese young adults.