To improve health among the population and reduce the societal burden of care and health-related costs in a rapidly aging environment, the Japanese government launched the "National Health Promotion Program in the 21 Century" (HJ21), which contains goals concerning areas such as lifestyle behavior and the use of preventive medicine. While health care personnel are responsible for guiding others' health choices, they may not maintain healthy lifestyles themselves. Whether these individuals are meeting the HJ21 goals has not yet been examined.
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