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Kentaro Murakami, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of Tokyo

Education
Ph.D.	University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan	2009
M.Sc.	University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan	2005
B.Ed.	Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan	2003
-	University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, U.K.	2001-2002

Publications
1.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Neighborhood food store availability in relation to 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretion in young Japanese women. Br J Nutr (in press).
2.	Murakami K, Miyake Y, Sasaki S, Tanaka K, Fukushima W, Kiyohara C, Tsuboi Y, Yamada T, Oeda T, Miki T, Kawamura N, Sakae N, Fukuyama H, Hirota Y, Nagai M, the Fukuoka Kinki Parkinson’s Disease Study Group. Dietary intake of folate, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and riboflavin and risk of Parkinson’s disease: a case-control study in Japan. Br J Nutr (in press).
3.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Watanabe T, Kohri T, Yamasaki M, Muramatsu K, Baba K, Shibata K, Takahashi T, Hayabuchi H, Ohki K, Suzuki J. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and premenstrual symptoms: a cross-sectional study of young Japanese women. Clinical Medicine: Women’s Health (in press).
4.	Murakami K, Sasaki S. Dietary intake and depressive symptoms: a systematic reivew of observational studies. Mol Nutr Food Res 2010;54:471-88.
5.	Murakami K, Miyake Y, Sasaki S, Tanaka K, Fukushima W, Kiyohara C, Tsuboi Y, Yamada T, Oeda T, Miki T, Kawamura N, Sakae N, Fukuyama H, Hirota Y, Nagai M, the Fukuoka Kinki Parkinson’s Disease Study Group. Dietary glycemic index is inversely associated with the risk of Parkinson’s disease: a case-control study in Japan. Nutrition 2010;26:515-21.
6.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to dietary intake and insulin resistance syndrome in female Japanese dietetic students. Nutrition 2010;26:508-14.
7.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Watanabe T, Kohri T, Yamasaki M, Watanabe R, Baba K, Shibata K, Takahashi T, Hayabuchi H, Ohki K, Suzuki J. Association between hardness (difficulty of chewing) of the habitual diet and premenstrual symptoms in young Japanese women. Environmental Health Insights 2009;3:53-61.
8.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with higher ratio of 24-hour urinary sodium to potassium in young Japanese women. J Am Diet Assoc 2009;109:1606-11.
9.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Monetary cost of self-reported diet in relation to biomarker-based estimates of nutrient intake in young Japanese women. Public Health Nutr 2009;12:1290-7.
10.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Monetary cost of dietary energy is negatively associated with BMI and waist circumference, but not with other metabolic risk factors, in young Japanese women. Public Health Nutr 2009;12:1092-8.
11.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Okubo H, Takahashi Y, the Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Group. Neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to dietary intake and body mass index in female Japanese dietetic students. Nutrition 2009;25:745-52.
12.	Murakami K, Miyake Y, Sasaki S, Tanaka K, Ohya Y, Hirota Y, the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study Group. Monetary diet cost is associated with not only favorable but also unfavorable aspects of diet in pregnant Japanese women: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study. Environmental Health Insights 2009;2:27-35.
13.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students' Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Neighborhood food store availability in relation to food intake in young Japanese women. Nutrition 2009;25:640-6.
14.	Murakami K, Miyake Y, Sasaki S, Tanaka K, Ohya Y, Hirota Y, the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study Group. Education, but not occupation or household income, is positively related to favorable dietary intake patterns in pregnant Japanese women: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study. Nutr Res 2009;29:164-72.
15.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Watanabe T, Kohri T, Yamasaki M, Watanabe R, Baba K, Shibata K, Takahashi T, Hayabuchi H, Ohki K, Suzuki J. Lower estimates of δ-5 desaturase and elongase activity are related to adverse profiles for several metabolic risk factors in young Japanese women. Nutr Res 2008;28:816-24.
16.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Okubo H, Hirota N, Notsu A, Fukui M, Date C. Comparability of weighed dietary records and a self-administered diet history questionnaire for estimating monetary cost of dietary energy. Environmental Health Insights 2008;1:35-43.
17.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Intake of water from foods, but not water from beverages, is related to lower body mass index and waist circumference in free-living humans [corrected]. Nutrition 2008;24:925-32 (Erratum in: Nutrition 2009;25:1136).
18.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Association between dietary acid-base load and cardiometabolic risk factors in young Japanese women. Br J Nutr 2008;100:642-51.
19.	Murakami K, Miyake Y, Sasaki S, Tanaka K, Yokoyama T, Ohya Y, Fukushima W, Kiyohara C, Hirota Y, the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study Group. Dietary glycemic index and load and the risk of postpartum depression in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study. J Affect Disord 2008;110:174-9.
20.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Watanabe T, Kohri T, Yamasaki M, Watanabe R, Baba K, Shibata K, Takahashi T, Hayabuchi H, Ohki K, Suzuki J. Dietary glycemic index is associated with decreased premenstrual symptoms in young Japanese women. Nutrition 2008;24:554-61.
21.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Yamasaki M, Hayabuchi H, Goda T, Oka J, Baba K, Ohki K, Muramatsu K, Sugiyama Y. Total n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake is inversely associated with serum C-reactive protein in young Japanese women. Nutr Res 2008;28:309-14.
22.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Okubo H, Hirota N, Notsu A, Fukui M, Date C. Reproducibility and relative validity of dietary glycaemic index and load assessed with a self-administered diet-history questionnaire in Japanese adults. Br J Nutr 2008;99:639-48.
23.	Murakami K, Mizoue T, Sasaki S, Ohta M, Sato M, Matsushita Y, Mishima N. Dietary intake of folate, other B vitamins, and ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to depressive symptoms in Japanese adults. Nutrition 2008;24:140-7.
24.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Watanabe T, Kohri T, Yamasaki M, Watanabe R, Baba K, Shibata K, Takahashi T, Hayabuchi H, Ohki K, Suzuki J. Sensitivity and specificity of published strategies using urinary creatinine to identify incomplete 24-h urine collection. Nutrition 2008;24:16-22.
25.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Yamasaki M, Hayabuchi H, Goda T, Oka J, Baba K, Ohki K, Kohri T, Watanabe R, Sugiyama Y. Misreporting of dietary energy, protein, potassium and sodium in relation to body mass index in young Japanese women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2008;62:111-8.
26.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Okubo H, Takahashi Y, Hosoi Y, Itabashi M. Monetary costs of dietary energy reported by young Japanese women: association with food and nutrient intake and body mass index. Public Health Nutr 2007;10:1430-9.
27.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, the Japan Dietetic Students’ Study for Nutrition and Biomarkers Group. Dietary energy density is associated with body mass index and waist circumference, but not with other metabolic risk factors, in free-living young Japanese women. Nutrition 2007;23:798-806.
28.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Okubo H, Takahashi Y, Hosoi Y, Itabashi M, the Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Group. Dietary fiber intake, dietary glycemic index and load, and body mass index: a cross-sectional study of 3931 Japanese women aged 18-20 years. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007;61:986-95.
29.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Yamasaki M, Hayabuchi H, Goda T, Oka J, Baba K, Ohki K, Kohri T, Muramatsu K, Furuki M. Hardness (difficulty of chewing) of the habitual diet in relation to body mass index and waist circumference in free-living Japanese women aged 18-22 y. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:206-13.
30.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Uenishi K, Yamasaki M, Hayabuchi H, Goda T, Oka J, Baba K, Ohki K, Watanabe R, Sugiyama Y. Nutrient and food intake in relation to serum leptin concentration among young Japanese women. Nutrition 2007;23:461-8.
31.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Okubo H, Takahashi Y, Hosoi Y, Itabashi M, the Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Group. Association between dietary fiber, water and magnesium intake and functional constipation among young Japanese women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007;61:616-22.
32.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Okubo H, Takahashi Y, Hosoi Y, Itabashi M, the Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Group. Food intake and functional constipation: a cross-sectional study of 3,835 Japanese women aged 18-20 years. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2007;53:30-6.
33.	Murakami K, Sasaki S, Takahashi Y, Okubo H, Hosoi Y, Horiguchi H, Oguma E, Kayama F. Dietary glycemic index and load in relation to metabolic risk factors in Japanese female farmers with traditional dietary habits. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:1161-9.
34.	Murakami K, Okubo H, Sasaki S. No relation between intakes of calcium and dairy products and body mass index in Japanese women aged 18 to 20 y. Nutrition 2006;22:490-5.
35.	Murakami K, Okubo H, Sasaki S. Dietary intake in relation to self-reported constipation among Japanese women aged 18-20 years. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006;60:650-7.
36.	Murakami K, Okubo H, Sasaki S. Effect of dietary factors on incidence of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of cohort studies. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2005;51:292-310.
37.	Murakami K, Shimbo M, Fukino Y. Comparison of energy intakes estimated by weighed dietary record and diet history questionnaire with total energy expenditure measured by accelerometer in young Japanese women. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2005;51:58-67.
38.	Murakami K. Critical examination of reported energy intake in published dietary studies of Japanese subjects using the Goldberg cut-off. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2004;50:165-70.
39.	Murakami K. Selective underestimation of dietary intake. Jpn J Nutr Diet 2004;62:263-8 (in Japanese with English abstract).

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