This Open Access auto-translation book demonstrates a time series of nutrition improvement in
Japan since the introduction of nutrition sciences to Japan about 150 years ago. The chapters
present the historical event where nutritional deficiency due to food shortage was improved in
almost a century by the introduction of nutrition policy and practices such as the Nutrition
Improvement Law. The book contributed to the construction of a longevity nation by resolving
the double burden of malnutrition which is a mixture of undernutrition and overnutrition and
creating a social environment in which sustainable healthy diets can be accessed. This
publication is designed mainly for nutrition specialists nutritionists nutrition
administrators medical doctors pharmacists nurses physiotherapists nutrition educators
cookers nutrition volunteers health and nutrition food developers school lunch managers and
etc. Furthermore students studying nutrition teachers involved in the education and training
of dietitians and general consumers who are interested in nutrition diets and how to improve
malnutrition will find this book useful. Through this book dietitians nutrition volunteers
and consumers engaged in nutrition improvement can understand the significance of nutrition
improvement and know specific methods. Young nutritionists who will study and research
nutrition can learn the importance of nutrition and take pride in nutrition research. The
government official who implements nutrition policy can know the concrete method of nutrition
policy. Today people around the world understand the importance of nutrition and are gaining
international interest. However malnutrition has not improved as much as expected. This book
is an interesting way for everyone involved in nutrition to learn how to eradicate malnutrition
from the world. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine
translation by the service DeepL.com). The present version has been revised technically and
linguistically by the author in collaboration with Professor Emeritus Dr. Andrew R. Durkin of
Indiana University.
