Lessons learned from health education in Japanese schools.

Introduction: A qualitative improvement in school health education is required to improve health for school-aged children in developing countries. This study aimed to clarify the factors that enable the provision of comprehensive and consistent health education in Japan.

Methods: We reviewed health education in Japanese schools and the feature of curriculum revision, and clarified the factors that enable the provision of comprehensive and consistent health education.

Adiponectin levels among individuals with varied employment status in Japan: a cross-sectional analysis of the J-SHINE study.

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between employment status and adiponectin levels. This cross-sectional study was a part of the Japanese Stratification, Health, Income, and Neighborhood study, a population-based survey in metropolitan Japan. The analysis included data from 848 individuals.