Publications and presentations

FY 2025

Publications

  1. Yamaguchi M, Kashino I, Miura K, Nishi N, Ikeda N.
    Voluntary salt-reduction target setting by large food companies: a scoping review and questionnaire survey.
    Hypertension Research. 2025 Nov 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-025-02433-3.

Conference presentations

  1. Yamaguchi M, Kashino I, Miura K, Nishi N, Ikeda N (presenting author).
    Voluntary salt reduction in the food industry: targets, strategies, and challenges – insights from a scoping review and questionnaire survey. 23rd International Union of Nutritional Sciences International Congress of Nutrition (IUNS-ICN 2025), Paris, France, August 29, 2025.
  2. Ikeda N.
    Public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts through the promotion of food environment creation. Symposium 74: Public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts through the promotion of food environment creation.
    The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health, Shizuoka, October 31, 2025.
  3. Kashino I.
    A scoping review on salt reduction guides for food companies. Symposium 74: Public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts through the promotion of food environment creation.
    The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health, Shizuoka, October 31, 2025.
  4. Yamaguchi M.
    A review on salt-reduction target setting by food companies and creation of the salt reduction guide for food companies. Symposium 74: Public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts through the promotion of food environment creation.
    The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health, Shizuoka, October 31, 2025.
  5. Nishi N.
    A simulation model on public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts by prefectures. Symposium 74: Public health and economic effects of dietary salt reduction efforts through the promotion of food environment creation.
    The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Public Health, Shizuoka, October 31, 2025.

FY 2024

Publications

  1. Hassan FA, Nishi N, Minato N, Sugiyama T, Ikeda N.
    Health and Economic Effects of Salt Reduction Interventions for Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases in Japan: A System Dynamics Simulation Study
    Systems 2024; 12(11): 478. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12110478
  2. Ikeda N, Yamaguchi M, Kashino I, Sugiyama T, Miura K, Nishi N.
    Evaluation of public health and economic impacts of dietary salt reduction initiatives on social security expenditures for cardiovascular disease control in Japan
    Hypertension Research. 2025; 48: 1265-1273. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-025-02108-z

Conference presentations

  1. Hassan FA, Minato N, Sugiyama T, Nishi N, Ikeda N.
    Impacts of salt intake reduction interventions on medical and long-term care costs in Japan. The 42nd International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC 2024), Bergen, Norway, August 6, 2024 (2024 Early Career Health Paper Award, Honorable Mention).
  2. Nishi N，Hassan FA, Minato N, Goryoda S, Sugiyama T, Takahashi Y, Ikeda N.
    Efforts to Develop a Prefectural Model for Public Health and Health Economic Evaluations of Salt Reduction. JSD Conference 2024, The Japan Chapter of the System Dynamics Society, Niigata, Niigata University of International and Information Studies, August 26, 2024.
  3. Yamaguchi M, Kashino I, Miura K, Nishi N, Ikeda N.
    Setting Goals and Initiatives for Voluntary Salt Reduction Activities in Overseas Food Companies: A Review of Literature and Survey Analysis. The 71st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics, Osaka, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sugiyama Campus, September 8, 2024.
  4. Hassan FA, Minato N, Sugiyama T, Miura K, Nishi N, Ikeda N.
    System Dynamics Model of the Health and Cost Effects of Salt Reduction Interventions in Japan. The 71st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics, Osaka, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sugiyama Campus, September 8, 2024.
  5. Kashino I, Yamaguchi M, Miura K, Nishi N, Ikeda N.
    A review of guides to support salt reduction for food companies in foreign countries. The 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association, Kochi, Kochi-City Culture Plaza CUL-PORT, February 14, 2025.

FY 2023

Publications

  1. Ikeda N, Yamashita H, Hattori J, Kato H, Nishi N
    Economic effects of dietary salt reduction policies for cardiovascular disease prevention in Japan: a simulation study of hypothetical scenarios
    Front. Nutr. 2023;10:1227303. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1227303