Shoko Konishi (formerly Fukuyama)
(PhD 2007, University of Tokyo)
Research Interests:
Human ecology, nutritional ecology, human reproductive biology, obesity; Tonga, Japan
Current faculty position:
Assistant professor
Department of Human Ecology
School of International Health
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
"I have conducted several studies on Tongans in the South Pacific, exploring demographic change associated with international migration and diet, with a focus on obesity. My current research project examines the impact of nutritional status (including under-weight, overweight, and diet composition) on reproduction, and the validation of biomarkers to study nutrition-reproduction relationships. For this research I compare Japanese women in Japan with those who recently migrated to the US."
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Selected Publications:
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2009
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Fukuyama S, Watanabe C, Umezaki M and Ohtsuka R. Twenty years' demographic change in sedentes and migrants of an international migrant-sending community in Tonga. Journal of Biosocial Science, 41(1):71-81.
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2005
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Fukuyama S, Inaoka T, Matsumura Y, Yamauchi T, Natsuhara K, Kimura R and Ohtsuka R. Anthropometry of 5-19 year old Tongan children with special interest in the high prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls. Annals of Human Biology, 32(6):714-723.
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