Nobutaka Kurihara

A Retrospective Study on the Relationship of Changes in Likes/Dislikes with Food Habits in 4- and 6-Year-Old Children

Tomoko Osera, Setsuko Tsutie, Misako Kobayashi & Nobutaka Kurihara · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2014

Objective: This is a retrospective cohort study to investigate children’s food habits, affecting changing their likes/dislikes, on the basis of questionnaires answered by the mothers of 222 children.  Methods: The questionnaire data was analyzed on 4 years old children at the beg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2014/10604

The Effect of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Food Preferences on Children’s Preferences with Their Attitude

Tomoko Osera, Setsuko Tsutie, Misako Kobayashi, Yukiko Segawa, Chie Kajiwara, Hiroko Hashimoto & Nobutaka Kurihara · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2016

Aims: Early childhood is most crucial for establishing eating habits; therefore, controlling the preferences of young children is critical. This study investigated the relationship between mothers’ and fathers’ food preferences in their childhood and their children’s present food...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2016/24085