Determinant factors of the difference between self-reported weight and measured weight among Japanese.

Objectives: To assess the difference between self-reported and measured weight values in Japanese men and women and to determine the underlying determinants of the differences between self-reported and measured values.

Methods: The data were collected from 363 general Japanese individuals aged 16-88 years living in Kumamoto prefecture. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire designed for this study with self-reported weight and height values.

Relationship between lifestyle and lifestyle-related factors in a rural-urban population of Japan.

Objective: To clarify the actual state of residents' lifestyle in a mixed rural-urban area in Japan, and to investigate the relationship between residents' lifestyle and lifestyle-related factors.

Methods: The Japanese version of Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II), lifestyle-related factors developed through group work with residents of Town A, and demographic variables were used to evaluate 1176 community residents' lifestyles and associated factors.

Results: Factor analysis revealed that there were 4 factors related to healthy lifestyle.

Assessment of health-promoting lifestyle profile in Japanese university students.

Objectives: This descriptive study of 314 students was conducted to determine whether there were any relationships of their demographic variables with a health-promoting lifestyle profile.

Methods: The Japanese version of the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) questionnaire was used to investigate students' lifestyles. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple comparison procedures using the Scheffe test were conducted to identify significant differences among university year (first, second, etc.

A comparative study of health-promoting lifestyles in agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan.

Objectives: To clarify the difference in health-promoting lifestyles between agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Japan, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 627 residents living in a town with a mixed rural-urban population.

Methods: The subjects were divided into 8 groups by job (agricultural and non-agricultural), age (young and old), and gender (male and female). To evaluate the subjects' lifestyles, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was applied.

An intervention study to promote self-improvement of lifestyle in a Japanese community: a new health support program.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of two health support programs developed to improve the lifestyle of community residents through exercise, nutrition-based health education, and group dynamics.

Methods: A total of 171 subjects were selected from community residents showing an abnormal result in at least one metabolic syndrome-related laboratory test. The subjects were divided into two groups: a group participating only in the 5-month initiation program (i.