Publications by authors named "Itsuko Ozaki"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to examine how prevalent health app usage is among Japanese workers, and how demographic factors like gender influence the use of these apps in relation to improving health behaviors to prevent lifestyle-related diseases.* -
- Data from 2200 workers aged 20 to 60 were analyzed, revealing that 21.5% are current and 8.6% are previous health app users, with a common focus on tracking physical activity and health behaviors.* -
- Findings indicated that health app users, regardless of gender, are more likely to have regular health checkups, receive health guidance, maintain physical activity, and spend a significant amount of time using the internet.*
Objective: We assessed the implementation status of policies and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) in small and medium corporations to identify feasible and acceptable interventions.
Methods: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was administered to 655 small and medium corporations to determine whether they implemented PA (18 items) and HE (17 items) policies and environmental strategies and, if not, their intention to do so in the future. We compared differences in the implementation and intention to implement rate by corporation size.
Objectives: Human support can boost weight reduction in Internet-based weight-loss intervention. However, the most effective way to combine human support and the Internet for weight loss is unclear. This study aimed to examine the effects of two weight-loss programs for male workers aged 18-39 that combined different intensities of human support with website support compared to a delayed-intervention group (control group; CG), in a randomized controlled trial.
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