| Theme | Nutrition for Hemodialysis Patients and Their Choice of Foods -- Foods, Eating Out, Delicatessen, Deliveries | |
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| Title | Variety of life styles in diet | |
| Publish Date | 2000/11 | |
| Author | Akiko Usui | Department of Nutrition, Tokyo Kasei University |
| [ Summary ] | The Japanese diet has changed considerably since the late 1950's. In the past 30 years, even though traditional Japanese foods have continued to be consumed, various Western elements have been incorporated, and the Japanese diet has turned into a colorful mixture of native, Western, Chinese and other foods. Furthermore, with the development of technologies for processing and freezing food and changes in our society, such as advances of women in the workplace, the rise of the nuclear family and the increase in the number of single-person households, easier ways of cooking have been developed. People are also generally eating out more frequently. In particular, the appearance of 24-hour convenience stores has resulted in people buying lunch boxes or pre-cooked meals and eating them immediately upon arriving home. This has even led to changes in meal schedules. These changes are convenient, but on the other hand they have brought about problems with safety and nutritional imbalances from long-term consumption and concerns about the effects on health, caused by excessive salt and fat intake. There is a need to recognize that this is also true of dialysis patients and toformulate ways of dealing with the situation. |
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