Prof. Dr. Satoru Matsuda is a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University. He completed his Ph.D. studies at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Division of Clinical Medicine in 1988. He is a member of the Japan Society for Molecular Biology, the Japanese Biochemical Society, the Japanese Cancer Association, and the Home Economics Society of Japan. His research interests include molecular biological studies on the causal relationships between dietary habits and diseases, particularly lifestyle-related diseases.