2026

Annals of Medicine
The role of health literacy in the association between nationality and health status among university students: a cross-sectional study.
Adeoya AA, Momma H, Nagatomi R, Yamada Y.

Scientific Reports
Hydration, water requirements, and energy balance from spring to summer in free-living older adults: a doubly labelled water study.
Kim HK, Nakayama Y, Yoshida T, Yokoyama K, Watanabe Y, Itoi A, Yoshimura E, Nanri H, Tsutsumi R, Nakamura Y, Tateishi N, Ono R, Kimura M, Sagayama H, Yamada Y; Kyoto-Kameoka Study Group.

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Agreement and systematic difference between bioelectrical impedance analysis and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for appendicular lean mass in 1617 community-dwelling older adults: The Bunkyo Health Study.
Nakagata T, Yamada Y, Tabata H, Someya Y, Kaga H, Kawamori R, Watada H, Tamura Y.

Kidney360
Combined Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Mass Index and Extracellular-to-Intracellular Water Ratio Predicts Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients.
Ishii S, Tanaka T, Suzuki Y, Takahashi S, Yoshida N, Hitaka M, Yamazaki K, Yamada Y, Masai M, Ohashi Y.

Current Developments in Nutrition
Sex Differences in Measures of Energy Expenditure and Body Composition in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults.
Cabre HE, Marlatt KL, Fernández-Verdejo R, Beyl R, Redman LM, Ainslie PN, Alemán-Mateo H, Andersen LF, Anderson LJ, Arab L, Bedu-Addo K, Bonomi AG, Bouten CV, Bovet P, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte NF, Camps SG, Casper R, Close GL, Colbert LH, Cooper JA, Cooper R, Das SK, Deb S, Forrester T, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, Hambly C, Hu S, Joosen AM, Katzmarzyk P, Kempen KP, Kimura M, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kushner RF, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin CK, Matsiko E, Medin AC, Morehen JC, Morton JP, Neuhouser ML, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Reynolds RM, Roberts SB, Sardinha LB, Schuit AJ, Silva AM, Urlacher SS, Valencia ME, Van Etten LM, Verbunt JA, Wilson G, Wood BM, Yoshida T, Zhang X, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl CU, Luke AH, Pontzer H, Rood J, Sagayama H, Schoeller DA, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Yamada Y, Speakman JR, Ravussin E.

BMC Geriatrics
Protein-rich food intake frequency score and muscle mass, strength, muscle-specific strength or physical performance in Japanese older women: a cross-sectional study.
Nakayama Y, Yokoyama K, Moriyasu A, Kimura M, Yoshida T, Kobayashi H, Kimura M, Yamada Y.

2025

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
[Editor's Choice]
Methodological standards for body composition-an expert-endorsed guide for research and clinical applications: levels, models, and terminology.
Prado CM, Gonzalez MC, Norman K, Barazzoni R, Cederholm T, Compher C, Jensen GL, Abe T, Barbosa-Silva TG, Bosy-Westphal A, Carmichael OT, Earthman CP, Evans WJ, Fields DA, Genton L, Hu HH, Kara M, Miles-Chan JL, Mourtzakis M, Muller MJ, Orsso CE, Perkisas S, Sardinha LB, Shepherd JA, Siervo M, Strauss BJ, Yamada Y, Zhu S, Heymsfield SB.

Frontiers in Psychology
Bodily awareness predicts functional improvement and injury risk in elite long-distance runners: a prospective study.
Murofushi K, Mitomo S, Yamada Y, Hirohata K, Furuya H, Katagiri H, Akuzawa H, Hara S, Ito M, Kaneoka K.

Scientific Reports
Relationship between bioelectrical impedance-derived muscle quality and physical activity, sedentary behavior, or sleep using compositional data analysis (CoDA).
Asano Y, Miyachi M, Nanri H, Murakami H, Gando Y, Nakagata T, Yoshida T, Okura T, Yamada Y.

Scientific Reports
Association of SARC-F with muscle mass, strength, and quality derived from bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy for sarcopenia assessment.
Yoshida T, Nishida Y, Kondo E, Yamaguchi M, Itoi A, Shirato H, Hirano H, Sasaki S, Yamada M, Tanaka S, Kimura M, Katsukawa F, Yamada Y*.

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Total energy expenditure and physical activity levels in functionally independent and limited older adults: A cross-sectional comparative study.
Tomiga-Takae R, Sonoda Y, Yasukata J, Kose Y, Tomiga Y, Yamamoto T, Yoshimura E, Yamada Y, Ebine N, Uehara Y, Sato S, Higaki Y, Tanaka H, Hatamoto Y.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (PNAS)
Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum.
McGrosky A*, Luke A*, Arab L, Bedu-Addo K, Bonomi AG, Bovet P, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte N, Camps SG, Casper R, Cummings DK, Krupa Das S, Deb S, Dugas LR, Ekelund U, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, Hambly C, Joosen A, Katzmarzyk PT, Kempen KP, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kuriyan R, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Larsson CL, Leonard WR, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin CK, Medin AC, Neuhouser ML, Pietilainen KH, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Ravussin E, Redman L, Reynolds RM, Rimm EB, Roberts S, Rosinger AY, Samuels MH, Sinha S, Snodgrass JJ, Stice E, Uauy R, Urlacher SS, Verbunt JA, Wolfe B, Wood B, Zhang X, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl CJ, Rood J*, Sagayama H*, Schoeller DA*, Westerterp KR*, Wong WW*, Yamada Y*, Speakman JR*, Pontzer H*; IAEA DLW Database Consortium.

Nature Metabolism
Pre-fertilization-origin preservation of brown fat-mediated energy expenditure in humans.
Yoneshiro T, Matsushita M, Fuse-Hamaoka S, Kuroiwa M, Kurosawa Y, Yamada Y, Arai M, Wei Y, Iida M, Kuma K, Kameya T, Harada T, Matsumura Y, Osawa T, Aoki Y, Nakamura H, Hamaoka T, Sakai J, Saito M.

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Segmental validation of the 50-kHz phase angle as a valid, practical proxy that closely approximates the characteristic-frequency phase angle and associations with muscle function and body water: A cross-sectional study.
Asano Y, Yoshida T, Tsunoda K, Yokoyama K, Watanabe Y, Yoshinaka Y, Okura T, Kimura M, Yamada Y*.

British Journal of Nutrition
Association of caffeine, green tea and coffee consumption with mortality and disability among older adults.
Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Nanri H, Watanabe Y, Yamada Y, Kimura M.

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
Association of decreased hemoglobin levels with worse muscle mass and strength in community-dwelling older people.
Wang Z, Taniguchi M, Yamada Y, Kimura M, Fukumoto Y, Yagi M, Ichihashi N.

Physiological Reports
Association of bioimpedance-derived parameters with pulse wave velocity: Phase angle, extracellular to intracellular water ratio, and body cell mass.
Asano Y, Miyachi M, Nanri H, Murakami H, Gando Y, Nakagata T, Yoshida T, Okura T, Yamada Y*.

Experimental Gerontology
Sex- and age-related declines in muscle mass, strength, physical performance, and muscle quality among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.
Asano Y, Yoshida T, Tsunoda K, Yokoyama K, Watanabe Y, Yoshinaka Y, Okura T, Kimura M, Yamada Y*.

Experimental Gerontology
Association of physical activity and hydration markers with cellular health in older adults: A doubly labeled water study.
Oishi K, Yoshida T, Kim HK, Yokoyama K, Watanabe Y, Nakayama Y, Kimura M, Ishii K, Ono R, Yamada Y*.
Exp Gerontol. 2025 Oct 1;209:112859. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112859.

Nutrients
Association Between Malnutrition, Low Muscle Mass, Elevated NT-ProBNP Levels, and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.
Takahashi S, Tanaka T, Suzuki Y, Yoshida N, Hitaka M, Ishii S, Yamazaki K, Masai M, Yamada Y, Ohashi Y.

JMIR Formative Research
Economic Deterioration and Social Factors Affecting Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.
Hori K, Yamada Y, Namba H, Kimura M, Fujita H, Date H.

Journal of Gerontology: A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Adherence to a Planetary Health Diet, Diet-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Functional Disability, and Mortality in Older Adults.
Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Nanri H, Watanabe Y, Goto C, Ishikawa-Takata K, Yamada Y, Miyachi M, Kimura M.

Journal of Epidemiology
Associations of Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity and Sitting Time With Risk of Disability and Mortality Among Japanese Older Adults.
Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Watanabe Y, Yamada Y, Miyachi M, Kimura M.

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
Health outcomes of sarcopenia: a consensus report by the outcome working group of the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS).
Beaudart C, Alcazar J, Aprahamian I, Batsis JA, Yamada Y, Prado CM, Reginster JY, Sanchez-Rodriguez D, Lim WS, Sim M, von Haehling S, Woo J, Duque G; Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS) group.

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Early Detection of Age-Related Decline of Muscle Cell Mass by Intracellular Water Assessment Compared With MRI or DXA
Maeda A, Yamada Y*, Yamagishi M, Okada Y, Yoshida T, Otsuka Y, Izumo T, Rogi T, Shibata H, Fukuda M, Arimitsu T, Miyamoto N, Hashimoto T

Nature Food
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Bajunaid R, Niu C, Hambly C, Liu Z, Yamada Y*, Aleman-Mateo H, Anderson LJ, Arab L, Baddou I, Bandini L, Bedu-Addo K, Blaak EE, Bouten CVC, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte NF, Camps SGJA, Casper R, Close GL, Cooper JA, Cooper R, Das SK, Davies PSW, Dabare P, Dugas LR, Eaton S, Ekelund U, Entringer S, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, El Hamdouchi A, Haisma HH, Hoffman D, Hoos MB, Hu S, Joonas N, Joosen AM, Katzmarzyk P, Kimura M, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kuriyan R, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Lanerolle P, Larsson CL, Leonard WR, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin CK, Matsiko E, Medin AC, Morehen JC, Morton JP, Must A, Neuhouser ML, Nicklas TA, Nyström CD, Ojiambo RM, Pietiläinen KH, Pitsiladis YP, Plange-Rhule J, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Ravussin E, Redman LM, Reilly JJ, Reynolds R, Roberts SB, Samaranayakem D, Sardinha LB, Silva AM, Sjödin AM, Stamatiou M, Stice E, Urlacher SS, Van Etten LM, van Mil EGAH, Wilson G, Yanovski JA, Yoshida T, Zhang X, Murphy-Alford AJ, Sinha S, Loechl CU, Luke AH*, Pontzer H*, Rood J*, Sagayama H*, Schoeller DA*, Westerterp KR*, Wong WW*, Speakman JR*

GeroScience
Association of the interaction between daily step counts and frailty with disability in older adults
Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Watanabe Y, Yamada Y, Miyachi M, Kimura M

International Journal of Obesity
BMI trajectory of 8,155,894 Japanese adults from exhaustive health checkup data: the contributions of age-related changes in height and weight
Uemura N, Nishida Y, Sasaki S, Yamada Y, Anzai T, Takahashi K, Yamauchi K, Katsukawa F

International Journal of Obesity
Is a higher body mass index associated with longer duration of survival with disability in frail than in non-frail older adults?
Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Watanabe Y, Yamada Y, Kimura M

European Journal Applied Physiology
Effects of muscle quantity, muscle quality, and phase angle on whole-body reaction time in 5164 adults aged 20-91 years
Fukuda W, Yoshihisa T, Yamada Y*

2024

iScience
MOTS-c modulates skeletal muscle function by directly binding and activating CK2
Kumagai H, Kim SJ, Miller B, Zempo H, Tanisawa K, Natsume T, Lee SH, Wan J, Leelaprachakul N, Kumagai ME, Ramirez R 2nd, Mehta HH, Cao K, Oh TJ, Wohlschlegel JA, Sha J, Nishida Y, Fuku N, Dobashi S, Miyamoto-Mikami E, Takaragawa M, Fuku M, Yoshihara T, Naito H, Kawakami R, Torii S, Midorikawa T, Oka K, Hara M, Iwasaka C, Yamada Y, Higaki Y, Tanaka K, Yen K, Cohen P

Journal of Nutrtion
Predictors of Water Turnover in Older Adults: A Doubly Labeled Water- and Triaxial Accelerometer-Based Study
Kim HK, Sagayama H, Yoshida T, Oishi K, Nakayama Y, Kimura M, Ono R, Yamada Y*; Kyoto-Kameoka Study Group

Geriatrics and Gerontology International
Thigh muscle thickness on ultrasonography for diagnosing sarcopenia: The Kyoto-Kameoka study
Yoshida T*, Watanabe Y, Yokoyama K, Kimura M, Yamada Y

European Journal Applied Physiology
Morning physical activity may be more beneficial for blood lipids than afternoon physical activity in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Kim HK*, Kimura Y, Takahashi M, Nakaoka T, Yamada Y, Ono R, Shibata S