Key result
In healthy Japanese community residents, visceral fat area was positively correlated with the belief that obesity is by nature (r=0.322, P=0.001), and age was positively associated with satisfaction in health management (P=0.002).
Why the study?
Although reviewing lifestyles can reduce the risk of lifestyle-related diseases, the relationships among community residents' lifestyle awareness, their views on health and lifestyles, age, and lifestyle-related diseases required examination.
Does lifestyle awareness correlate with age and lifestyle-related diseases in healthy community residents?
Cross-Sectional (n=180)
Does lifestyle awareness correlate with age and lifestyle-related diseases in healthy community residents?
Effect estimate: r = 0.322
p-value: p=0.001
Health awareness correlates with lifestyle behaviors and age, suggesting that targeted health education may help slow the progression of lifestyle-related diseases.
Age-linked attitudes support targeted community education; leaves open whether awareness alters objective disease markers in this cross-sectional sample.
Purpose: It is widely known that the risk of lifestyle-related diseases can be reduced by reviewing lifestyles, and a variety of efforts for their prevention, such as health education, are being implemented. This study examined community residents’ lifestyle awareness, examining their views on their health and lifestyles, age, and lifestyle related diseases. Methods: Study subjects were 180 healthy people (28 men and 152 women) who participated in a health checkup. Participants answered a questionnaire about their awareness of health and lifestyle and their views of disorders. Subsequent measurements of speed of sound (SOS), acceleration plethysmography (APG), and visceral fat area (VFA) were also obtained. Results: The results of the study suggest that age was correlated with some health-related attitudes and behaviors. When health awareness among members of a group is high, it is necessary to provide them with the required information and continuing intervention to motivate them to continue their health improvement. Conclusion: It seems that health awareness influences lifestyle, and its improvement slows the progress of lifestyle related diseases and reduces the effects of aging.
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Masayo Nagal (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy community residents (n=180). Age and lifestyle awareness was evaluated on Correlation between visceral fat area (VFA) and the belief that obesity is by nature (r = 0.322, p=0.001). In healthy Japanese community residents, visceral fat area was positively correlated with the belief that obesity is by nature (r=0.322, P=0.001), and age was positively associated with satisfaction in health management (P=0.002).
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