Dr. Hidemi Takimoto is a Doctor of Medicine and Research Director of the Section of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health (Japan). She worked at the Department of International Health, The University of Tokyo from January 2007 to December 2008 and as a Senior Researcher at the Department of Health Promotion Research, National Institute of Public Health (Saitama, Japan) from April 2005 to March 2012. Dr. Takimoto is also a member of the Breastfeeding Society, Japanese Society for Nutritional Improvement, Japanese Society of Adolescence, Japan Nutrition/Food, and Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her main research interests include obstetrics and gynecology, hygiene and public health, healthcare management, medical sociology, and physiology.