Body image and eating disorders amongst Japanese adolescents. A review of the literature.

This review describes the prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors as well as factors influencing body image disturbance amongst Japanese adolescents and compares the prevalence and trends with those of Westernized countries. Although eating disorders have been previously regarded as peculiar to Western society, they are now a more global issue with reports of non-Western countries including Japan having increasing rates of eating disorders. As the aetiology of eating disorders is related to societal norms, culture and ethnicity, their study requires an understanding of body image disturbance within different cultural contexts.

Mitochondrial ATP synthase residue betaarginine-408, which interacts with the inhibitory site of regulatory protein IF1, is essential for the function of the enzyme.

Mitochondrial ATP synthase (F(1)F(0)-ATPase) is regulated by an intrinsic ATPase inhibitor protein, IF(1). We previously found that six residues of the yeast IF(1) (Phe17, Arg20, Glu21, Arg22, Glu25, and Phe28) form an ATPase inhibitory site [Ichikawa, N. and Ogura, C.