Intervention for the Prevention of Lifestyle-Related Diseases in Healthy Japanese Residents
Year: 2022
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Lifestyle-related diseases can reduce their risk by improving their lives. Therefore, various efforts are being made, such as health education, to prevent lifestyle-related diseases. However, lifestyles are complicated and their prevention is not easy. Local residents who are active in health promotion are often working to improve their lifestyles. It is possible for residents to have excessive expectations for disease prevention simply by changing their lifestyles, paying attention only to the limited aspects of their lifestyles. However, if you pay attention to only one point and lack consideration for the whole, you cannot always expect the effect of lifestyle-related improvement. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how the subject perceives his/her lifestyle. This is also important for continued intervention. In addition, it is necessary to examine how health consciousness is related to the parameters of lifestyle-related diseases in such a health-conscious group. In this chapter, we would like to discuss the previously reported reports on the awareness of local residents regarding the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, the need for health counseling, and issues in future efforts.
Source: IntechOpen eBooks
Author: Masayo Nagai
Language: English
Topic: Health and Lifestyle Studies
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4301262129