Physical activity cut-offs and risk factors for preventing child obesity in Japan.

Background: There is no official recommendations for physical activity level or steps for preventing and improving child obesity in Japan.

Methods: Three hundred and two Japanese children aged 9-12 years were recruited wore 3-D speed sensors. Subjects were divided into two groups using the criteria for child obesity in Japan.

[Usefulness of group work as a teaching strategy for long-term practical training in the 6-year pharmaceutical education].

At the initiation of long-term practical training in the 6-year pharmaceutical education, there are many issues to be solved. For example, it is necessary for teaching pharmacists, who are in charge of both staffing and teaching pharmacy students, to manage their workload with other staff pharmacists. To overcome this situation and to improve the motivation of teaching pharmacists towards student practical training, we twice held group work (GW) sessions for teaching pharmacists, and then evaluated whether such training was effective for their understanding of the Model Core Curriculum for Practical Training and for promoting a higher level of motivation.