Ayako Nagai
| Faculty of Health and Medical Science,Department of Health and Dietetics | Associate Professor |
| Graduate School of Health Sciences,Doctoral Program in Health Sciences | Associate Professor |
| Graduate School of Health Sciences,Master's and Doctoral Programs in Health and Dietetics | Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/10/07
■Researcher basic information
■Career
Career
- Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2023
Kyoto Koka Women's University, The Faculty of Health Science The Department of Health and Nutrition - Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2017
Koshien University, College of Nutrition Department of Nutrition - Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2014
Nara Women's University, Faculty of Human Life and Environment Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Assistant Professor - 2004 - 2009
■Research activity information
Paper
- 糖尿病教育入院の効果及びその持続性に対する主観的・客観的評価 -セルフエフィカシー、体格、HbA1c値での検討-
2020, [Reviewed] - Relationship between umami taste acuity and food selection in Japanse women university students
Kubota M; Toda C; Nagai-Moriyama A
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018, [Reviewed] - 学生向けPEN使用法講習会の一例
2018, [Reviewed] - Food acceptance and anthropometry in relation to 6-n-propylthiouracil sensitivity in Japanese college women
Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Kanako Morinaga; Yukie Higashiyama
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2017, [Reviewed] - Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity in Asian Countries: A Review of Recent Literature
Masaru Kubota; Ayako Nagai
Recent Advances in Obesity in Children, 2016, [Reviewed] - Carnitine in Severely Disabled Patients: Relation to Anthropometric, Biochemical Variables, and Nutritional Intake
Yoko Takeda; Masaru Kubota; Hinako Sato; Ayako Nagai; Yukie Higashiyama; Hajime Kin; Chiharu Kawaguchi; Kiyotaka Tomiwa
Brain & Development, 2015, [Reviewed] - Anemia in Female Collegiate Athletes: Association with Hematological Variables, Physical Activity and Nutrition
Yuka Yasui; Masaru Kubota; Ayako Nagai; Noriko Matsumoto
British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, 2015, [Reviewed] - 小学4年生を対象とした味覚教育の実践と影響評価
2015, [Reviewed] - Longitudinal nutritional assessment in acute lymphoblastic leukemia during treatment
Yukie Higashiyama; Chiaki Kojima; Masaru Kubota; Ayako Nagai; Ken-ichiro Watanabe; Souichi Adachi; Ikuya Usami
PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, Aug. 2014, [Reviewed] - 小児の栄養評価における急性期蛋白臨床基準範囲設定
2014, [Reviewed] - 小児期および思春期に発症した痛風に関する全国調査
2014, [Reviewed] - 重症心身障害児・者へのレボカルニチン投与後のカルニチンおよび生化学的検査値の変化
2014, [Reviewed] - Normal taste acuity and preference in female adolescents with impaired 6-n-propylthiouracil sensitivity
Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Midori Sakai; Yukie Higashiyama
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014, [Reviewed] - Alteration of taste acuity in pediatric cancer patients after treatment completion: A cross sectional study using a fliter-paper disc method
Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Souichi Adachi; Ken-ichiro Watanabe; Yasufumi Takeshita
Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2014, [Reviewed] - Past and present symptoms of food allergy in university students
Nobue Takamastu; Anri Fujimori; Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Mitsuhiko Nambu; Kazuhito Tezono
Clinical Nutrition, 2014, [Reviewed] - Longitudinal study of thinness from birth to early childhood: the association with parental thinness
Rena Kato; Masaru Kubota; Yukie Higashiyama; Ayako Nagai
Acta PaediatricaActa, 2014, [Reviewed] - Retrospective tracking of young obese children back to birth in Japan: special attention to the relationship with parental obesity
Rena Kato; Masaru Kubota; Yuka Yasui; Yumi Hayashi; Yukie Higashiyama; Ayako Nagai
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2014, [Reviewed] - Relationship between Taste Acuity and Fatigue of Stress in Japanese Elementary School Children
NAGAI Ayako; KUBOTA Masaru; HIGASHIYAMA Yukie
Eiyo To Shokuryo, 10 Oct. 2013
Taste acuity is important for ensuring a healthy dietary intake. Fatigue or stress is thought to be one of several factors that may affect taste acuity. However, studies of the role of fatigue or stress in taste acuity, especially in children, have been rather limited. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between taste acuity and fatigue or stress in 58 healthy elementary school children. Acuity for differentiating four basic tastes (sweet, salty, sour and bitter) was evaluated using the filter-paper disc method. Salivary α-amylase was mea-sured as a marker of stress, and fatigue was assessed using the Chalder fatigue scale. When the subjects were divided into four groups on the basis of stress level, we found no difference in the prevalence of acuity disorders for the four tastes. Analysis using the Chalder fatigue scale demonstrated that the prevalence of taste disorders was higher in the fatigue group than in the non-fatigue group, i.e. physical fatigue; sour taste p=0.02, mental fatigue; salty taste p=0.03, total fatigue; sour taste p<0.01, bitter taste p=0.02. The present results indicate the possibility that fatigue in children may impair their acuity in recognizing certain tastes. - Adipocytokines in childhood cancer survivors and correlation with metabolic syndrome components
Chiaki Kojima; Masaru Kubota; Ayako Nagai; Souichi Adachi; Ken-Ichiro Watanabe; Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Pediatrics International, Aug. 2013, [Reviewed] - Assessment of taste acuity by a filter-paper disc method in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Toshio Heike; Souichi Adachi; Ken-ichiro Watanabe; Midori Shima; Yasufumi Takeshita
Clinical Nutrition, 2013, [Reviewed] - Evaluation of taste acuity by the filter-paper disc in Japanese young women:The relationship with micronutrients status
Ayako Nagai; Masaru Kubota; Yuriko Katayama; Chiaki Kojima
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21, 406-410, 2012, [Reviewed]
MISC
- 小児科領域の血清尿酸値(第八報) 若年発症した痛風に関する全国調査 文献的考察を踏まえての検討
加藤 玲奈; 東山 幸恵; 永井 亜矢子; 久保田 優
痛風と核酸代謝, Jul. 2014
(一社)日本痛風・尿酸核酸学会 - 小児の栄養評価に関する研究(その3) CONUT法とTTRによる重症心身障がい児の栄養評価
東山 幸恵; 久保田 優; 永井 亜矢子; 足穂 順子; 川口 千晴; 富和 清隆
日本栄養・食糧学会大会講演要旨集, Apr. 2014
(公社)日本栄養・食糧学会 - 奈良県内における出生時から幼児期における肥満の縦断的調査(第2報)
加藤 玲奈; 安井 有香; 林 優美; 東山 幸恵; 永井 亜矢子; 久保田 優
日本栄養・食糧学会大会講演要旨集, Apr. 2014
(公社)日本栄養・食糧学会
Research Themes
- Influence of taste alteration to nutritional state in pediatric leukemia patients during treatment
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
28 Apr. 2011 - 31 Mar. 2015
This study aimed to assess taste alteration in pediatric cancer patients. Seventy-three patients who had completed cancer treatment received the gustatory test. Eighty-one healthy children served as controls. There was no significant difference in the thresholds of taste acuity between the patient and control groups. The threshold for tasting salt was significantly higher in the group that had received chemotherapy + radiation and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation than in the group that had received chemotherapy only. Since taste acuity is thought to influence nutritional preference, gustatory test results should be considered while deciding nutritional support modalities after treatment completion in pediatric cancer patients.