Name

Ishiguro-Tanaka Noriko


**Affiliation**

Associate Professor, Ph.D (University of Tokyo)


**Employment History**

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Sports and Systems, Kokushikan University, 2006 - 2008
Restart postdoctoral fellowship (RPD) in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / Research Institute: National Institute of Health and Nutrition Health Promotion Research Department, 2009 - 2013
Researcher in Personal Health Care Research Center, Kao Corporation, 2013 - 2015
Lecturer, Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports Division of the Science of Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, 2015 - 2017
Associate Professor, Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports Division of the Science of Physical Fitness and Sports / Department of Educational Sciences of Graduate School of Education and Human Development School of Education (Sports Science for Lifelong Physical Activity Nagoya University), Nagoya University, 2017-



**Educational History**

Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 2006



**Research Interests**

The effect of physical activity and exercise on body composition and health promotion. Especially, the distribution of skeletal muscle, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, ectopic fat, etc. in the trunk is analyzed in detail using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, bioelectrical impedance method, B-mode ultrasound imaging method.



**Recent Main Publications**
１．Tanaka NI, Maeda H, Tomita A, Suwa M, Imoto T, Akima H. Comparison of metabolic risk factors, physical performances, and prevalence of low back pain among categories determined by visceral adipose tissue and trunk skeletal muscle mass in middle-aged men.
Exp Gerontol, 155: 111554, 2021
２．Tanaka NI, Ogawa M, Yoshiko A, Akima H. Validity of extended field-of-view ultrasound imaging to evaluate quantity and quality of trunk skeletal muscles. Ultrasound Med Biol 47: 376-385, 2021
３．Tanaka NI, Murakami H, Aiba N, Morita A, Watanabe S, Miyachi M. Effects of 1-year weight loss intervention on abdominal skeletal muscle mass in Japanese overweight men and women. Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr 28: 72-78, 2019
４. Tanaka NI, Murakami H, Ohmori Y, Aiba N, Morita A, Watanabe S, Miyachi M. Association of visceral fat with abdominal skeletal muscle distribution in overweight Japanese adults. Obes Res Clin Pract 12: 378-383, 2018
５. Tanaka NI, Ogawa M, Yoshiko A, Ando R, Akima H. Reliability of size and echo intensity of abdominal skeletal muscles using ultrasound extended field-of-view imaging. European Journal of Applied Physiology 117: 2263-2270, 2017