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{"title":"Knowledge of the risks associated with being underweight and body shape differences among young Japanese women: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Mariko Ogawa, Michiko Nakazato, Jinko Yokota, Kaori Koga","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00338-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00338-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In Japan, approximately 20% of young women are underweight, a rate higher than that of other developed countries. For women, being underweight at a young age has been associated with amenorrhea, eating disorders, osteoporosis, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. We investigated young women's knowledge of these risks and associated factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A web-based survey was conducted among 984 Japanese women aged 18-29 years. The survey included questions about actual body weight, perceived healthy weight, body image, eating disorder tendency, knowledge of various risks and factors associated with being underweight, and sources of this knowledge. Participants were divided into underweight (< 18.5 kg/m²), normal weight (18.5-25 kg/m²), and obese (≥ 25 kg/m²) groups based on their body mass index (BMI). The body image and knowledge of health risks associated with being underweight were compared across the three groups and with women with and without an eating disorder tendency.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the participants, 31.5% were underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m²). Of these, 87.4% considered their subjective ideal weight to be underweight, and 66.1% viewed their subjective healthy weight similarly. Underweight women reported greater body satisfaction than did those in other body shape groups. While 73.2% recognized amenorrhea as a risk of being underweight, only approximately half identified infertility, eating disorders, and osteoporosis as risks and associated factors, and few were aware of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Knowledge levels did not differ between underweight and normal-weight women. Conversely, women with a tendency toward an eating disorder were more aware of the risks of osteoporosis (58.6% vs. 49.0%) and eating disorders (66.8% vs. 55.2%) than were women without a tendency toward an eating disorder.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Young Japanese women had insufficient knowledge about the adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with being underweight. Underweight women are not less aware of the health risks and associated factors associated with underweight than normal-weight women. The body shape of young women may not be influenced by their knowledge of health issues associated with being underweight.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12492773/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of recumbent isometric yoga on the orthostatic cardiovascular response of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.","authors":"Takakazu Oka, Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00336-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00336-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Our previous studies demonstrated that the regular practice of recumbent isometric yoga reduced the fatigue of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Some patients with ME/CFS have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS); however, the effects of recumbent isometric yoga on orthostatic cardiovascular responses and whether recumbent isometric yoga improves POTS remain unknown. This pilot study was done to investigate the effect of recumbent isometric yoga on the orthostatic cardiovascular response of patients with ME/CFS.</p><p><strong>Main body: </strong>Ten adult female patients with ME/CFS performed recumbent isometric yoga for 12 weeks. Changes in their systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and the pulse rate (PR) during an active standing test were compared before and after the 12-week regimen. Among the 10 patients, 8 manifested a normal orthostatic response and 2 manifested POTS before the yoga intervention. Patients who manifested a normal orthostatic response before yoga also manifested the normal orthostatic pattern after the yoga intervention. In contrast, the two patients who manifested POTS before the regimen showed a normal orthostatic response after completing the yoga intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found that the patients who manifested POTS and performed recumbent isometric yoga for 12 weeks had a reduced increase in PR after standing up. This pilot study suggests that recumbent isometric yoga would be useful as an adjunctive nonpharmacological intervention for improving POTS in patients with ME/CFS. This finding should be confirmed in a larger number of cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12400669/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144941966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The grit personality trait, eating behavior, and obesity among Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Noriaki Kurita, Takako Maeshibu, Tetsuro Aita, Takafumi Wakita, Hiroe Kikuchi","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00337-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00337-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obesity is a chronic disease influenced by genetic, cultural, environmental, and psychosocial factors, making it difficult to manage through individual effort alone. Despite this complexity, obesity is often attributed to a lack of willpower and poor control over eating behaviors, contributing to stigma. However, research on this issue remains limited. This study quantified the extent to which multidimensional eating behaviors statistically explained the association between obesity and grit, which shared characteristics with self-control.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional study involving Japanese adults across a wide range of age groups. Grit was measured using the 8-item Short Grit Scale. Multidimensional eating behaviors were measured using the Japanese version of the 21-item Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21, including uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, and cognitive restraint. Obesity was defined as a body mass index ≥ 25.0 kg/m². A series of logistic regression models were created to analyze the association between grit and obesity with and without eating behaviors. Mediation analyses using the Karlson-Holm-Breen method were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 1,641 adults, 26.8% had obesity. Higher grit level was associated with a lower likelihood of obesity, less uncontrolled and emotional eating, and higher cognitive restraint. Grit was positively associated with cognitive restraint and negatively associated with uncontrolled and emotional eating; these multidimensional eating behaviors statistically accounted for the association between grit and obesity. Uncontrolled and emotional eating fully accounted for the association, whereas cognitive restraint partially accounted for it. These findings are consistent with the possibility of mediation through eating behavior in the relation between grit and obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest that healthcare providers and policymakers should prioritize addressing multidimensional eating behaviors that explain the link between grit and obesity rather than on grit itself. Identifying and managing impairments in eating behavior rather than attributing obesity to an individual's lack of willpower may help reduce stigma and support effective obesity prevention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12372174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144941917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interpersonal relationships in patients suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain: a case-control study analyzing core conflictual relationship themes and interpersonal problems.","authors":"Pernilla Abrahamsson, Bo Vinnars, Annika Lindgren","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00335-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00335-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychosocial factors are involved in all types of chronic pain but seem to play a more prominent role in non-specific pain, such as chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP), compared to a specific pain condition, such as osteoarthritis (OA). We explored if diagnose and the pain experience in patients with CMP predicted more problematic interpersonal relationships compared to patients with OA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nineteen patients with CMP and 16 unmatched clinical controls with OA were measured with the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme coding of clinical interviews (CCRT) and the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant differences in age, work status, and pain experience were found between the groups. Controlling for these variables, components of CCRT were significantly more likely to be disharmonious in patients with CMP compared to patients with OA. Patients with CMP also reported more interpersonal distress in general and socially avoidant-nonassertive problems in particular as their pain experience increased. Conversely, scores of dominant-intrusive behaviours increased as their pain experience decreased. These interaction effects between pain experience and interpersonal problems were not seen in patients with OA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The impact of interpersonal issues may differ depending on type of pain diagnosis. This study show that interpersonal distress seems to play a more prominent role in non-specific chronic pain compared to a specific pain condition. It is possible that patients whose pain-processing system is burdened by interpersonal problems are more prone to non-specific pain, such as CMP. It could also be that primary pain is a greater challenge to interpersonal relationships. Whether interpersonal distress is a precursor or an additional stressor, it may worsen the condition of primary pain with implications for treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12302453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144727657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does digital cognitive behavioral therapy improve the insomnia and depression of workers to healthy levels? An open trial.","authors":"Isa Okajima, Miho Suzuki, Noriko Tanizawa, Ikuo Kajiyama, Reiko Ichikawa, Jou Akitomi","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00334-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00334-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has a high potential for improving insomnia and depressive symptoms; however, it is unclear whether the improvement of symptoms reaches the level of healthy people without these symptoms. We aimed to examine whether digital CBT-I can improve the insomnia and depression symptoms of workers to healthy levels.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 752 workers who were divided into four groups by the use of the cutoff scores of insomnia and depression scales: insomnia alone, depression alone, combined insomnia with depression (COMB), and healthy. All groups were administered digital CBT-I for 2 weeks, and changes were compared post-treatment and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant decrease in insomnia symptoms from post-treatment to the 3-month follow-up was found in the insomnia alone (Hedges' g: 1.07-1.52) and COMB groups (g: 1.17-1.41). The COMB group also showed a significant decrease in depressive symptoms (g: 0.38-0.70). Moreover, there were significant differences in insomnia symptoms between both of the insomnia groups and the healthy group and in depressive symptoms between the COMB group and the healthy group, post-treatment and at the 1- and 3-month follow-ups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Digital CBT-I effectively reduced insomnia and depressive symptoms but did not achieve the levels of healthy people within 3 months.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>UMIN, UMIN000050353. Registered 15 February 2023-Retrospectively registered, umin.ac.jp/ctr.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12278518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144681953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medical residents and eating disorders: an investigation of prevalence and correlates in hospital settings in Damascus.","authors":"Lujain Nahas, Jameel Soqia, Lama Mohamad, Laila Yakoub Agha, Mehdy Nahas, Bayan Alsaid","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00330-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00330-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study how common are disordered eating behaviors among medical residents in different specialties and how certain preceding factors might contribute to that risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-administered questionnaires were administered to residents from each year and specialty using the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and the Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food (SCOFF) questionnaires. We used binary logistic regression to study the relationship between individuals at high risk and possible triggers of eating disorders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 399 participants, the risk of disordered eating behavior was 8% using the EAT-26 and 14.3% using SCOFF. There was no difference in the risk according to sex or specialty except for dermatology (p = 0.004). BMI was also among the affecting factors (p < 0.05), in addition to a positive family and personal history of mental disorders (p < 0.001). Recent exposure to stressors, living and marital status did not prove to affect risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We found that a percentage of medical residents in different specialties are at greater risk for developing eating disorders and exhibit alarming behaviors related to feeding habits. This risk stems from a number of variables, a few of which were studied in this article. Our results demonstrate a need for better awareness of mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12273322/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144666984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of psychosomatic medicine in Japan: a nationwide physician survey.","authors":"Yukari Yamanaka, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi, Nobuyuki Sudo, Chiharu Kubo, Shin Fukudo","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00333-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00333-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the clinical care and the mental health of patients in psychosomatic medicine. Between late 2021 and early 2022, the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (JSPM) and the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine (JSPIM) conducted a nationwide physician survey to assess these effects. The survey identified difficulties in outpatient and inpatient care, increased use of telemedicine, and rises in patient numbers and symptom severity. Due to inconsistent findings in prior studies on long-term mental health effects of the pandemic, a follow-up survey was needed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is the one-year follow-up survey conducted by JSPM and JSPIM. A cross-sectional, web-based survey was conducted among physicians of the two societies from December 21, 2022, to February 14, 2023. The questionnaire examined trends in outpatient and inpatient care, telemedicine use, and changes in the mental health of patients with psychosomatic disorders, eating disorders, adjustment disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 251 physicians responded. While outpatient numbers showed partial recovery, 28% of the respondents reported persistent declines compared to pre-pandemic levels. Telemedicine remained in use at 62% of their institutions, but 70% of the respondents reported difficulties in symptom assessment. Compared to the previous year, more respondents reported an increase in the number of patients across all surveyed disorders. Regarding the psychosocial factors that affected patients, fear of infection was the predominant factor for anxiety disorders, as in the previous survey, whereas restrictions on daily and social activities were the most influential for psychosomatic disorders, mood disorders, and adjustment disorders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting effect on patients receiving psychosomatic treatment. Outpatient numbers are gradually recovering, and telemedicine has contributed to the continuity of care. However, concerns about patient assessment in telemedicine persist. The impact of the prolonged pandemic on mental health appears to have evolved, with shifts in the psychosocial factors that influence different aspects of mental health deterioration. Future studies that incorporate clinical data will provide valuable insights into the long-term consequences of the pandemic and help guide future clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12239389/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144599316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Japanese university students without depressive symptoms at university entrance.","authors":"Yoshie Miyake, Koki Takagaki, Atsuo Yoshino, Yuri Okamoto","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00329-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00329-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the mental health of university students. However, despite the many downsides of experiencing the pandemic, some students also experienced positive consequences, such as reduced academic pressure and increased time to attend to wellness. The impact may vary from individual to individual. This study investigated the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of Japanese university students who did not have depressive symptoms before the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data of 3,100 fourth-year university students who did not have depressive symptoms at either the clinical or subthreshold level, or disordered eating behaviors at university entrance were available for analysis: 1,335 were fourth-year students before the pandemic and 1,765 fourth-year students during the pandemic. Differences in depressive symptoms were examined with the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), eating behaviors with the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and Bulimic Inventory Test, Edinburgh (BITE) and stress coping with Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). Differences in the frequencies of clinical, subthreshold, and nondepressed depression status groups were compared for before and during the pandemic groups. Furthermore, we investigated the relation between the development of depression and stress coping styles during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The BDI-II and BITE scores of fourth-year students during the pandemic were significantly lower than those before the pandemic. Female fourth-year students during the pandemic scored significantly higher on the CISS-task-oriented scale than did fourth-year students before the pandemic. Changes in stress coping behavior were also associated with the development of depressive symptoms during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Fourth-year university students who did not have depressive symptoms or disordered eating behaviors at university entrance experienced fewer depressive symptoms and fewer bulimic symptoms during the pandemic than did students before the pandemic. Additionally, our results suggest that task-oriented was associated with a decreased risk of depressive symptoms during the pandemic, especially for female students.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12226906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144564253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors related to the amount of energy required for weight gain in patients with anorexia nervosa under strict behavioral control: a study in a Japanese medical prison.","authors":"Chie Aso Suzuyama, Shu Takakura, Masato Takii, Junji Kishimoto, Kenta Toda, Makoto Yamashita, Tomokazu Hata, Nobuyuki Sudo","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00332-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00332-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Weight restoration is a crucial factor in the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN); however, there is currently no consensus on the amount of energy required to achieve weight gain in patients with AN.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-one patients with AN in a Japanese medical prison were included in the study. All the data were collected from their medical charts. Body weight and composition were measured using the multifrequency bioelectrical impedance device InBody 770®. Daily caloric intake was determined by subtracting the amount of calories in leftover food from that provided, and resting energy expenditure was calculated using Scalfi's formulation. These were then used to calculate daily amount of energy and energy necessary for a 1-kg weight gain (EE1). In addition, we investigated the relation between EE1 and the initial body composition values, body mass index, and AN subtype.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 41 patients, two had EE1s that we considered outliers. Excluding these, the mean EE1 was 12,776.8 kcal/kg, with large individual differences observed (range: 6,636-22,064 kcal/kg). Significant associations were noted between EE1 and body fat mass, body fat percentage, soft lean percentage, and body water ratio. Moreover, patients with body fat mass (BFM) ≤ 3 kg (p = 0.003), body fat percentage (BFP) ≤ 8% (p = 0.008), soft lean percentage (SLP) > 85% (p = 0.011), and body water ratio (BWR) > 0.665 (p = 0.011) had higher mean EE1s.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To gain weight, patients with AN may require a higher caloric intake than that reported in the literature for healthy women, particularly patients with less fat and more muscle. (242/350words).</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12210703/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144538168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mobile Health (mHealth) Technology for Eating-Related Behaviour and Health Problems Related to Obesity in Japan: a Systematic Review.","authors":"Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi, Anna Brytek-Matera","doi":"10.1186/s13030-025-00331-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13030-025-00331-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Over the past decade, mobile health (mHealth) technologies have been increasingly utilised to address eating behaviours and diet-related chronic diseases. Nevertheless, research assessing the momentary clinical characteristics of these conditions remains limited in Japan. This study provides an up-to-date overview of research using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) technologies in Japanese clinical and non-clinical samples through a systematic review.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We reviewed studies extracted from MEDLINE via PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus databases, spanning the period from 2004 to 2024. Our systematic review followed the \"gold standard\" Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Additionally, the Checklist for Reporting EMA Studies (CREMAS) was used to evaluate the quality of included studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From an initial pool of 32 potential articles, 4 studies met the inclusion criteria. A total of 75% of the studies were identified as using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) as the primary mHealth technology for EMA data collection.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Available evidence suggests that the use of a PDA-based approach may help improve the management of eating behaviour and monitoring diet-related chronic conditions in the Japanese population. Furthermore, integrating EMA into clinical practice could enhance the effectiveness of existing treatments and support ongoing health monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":9027,"journal":{"name":"BioPsychoSocial Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12168375/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}