Lifestyle Trends and Countermeasures in Lifestyle-related Diseases

[Lifestyle related diseases in children and adolescents].

1.小児・思春期生活習慣病の概念(表 1) 本来成人病の概念は,死亡原因から癌,心臓病,脳 卒中など,有病率から高血圧,2型糖尿病,高脂血症, 肥満など,疾患を早期に発見・治療する「2次予防」に 重点をおいたものであった.一方,小児・思春期成人 病の概念は,成人病が小児・思春期に発症したもの, またはその起源が小児期にあると考えられる疾患とし て,疾患の発生を予防する「1次予防」に重点を置いて きた.すなわち,silent disease である動脈硬化を引き 起こすであろう疾患である高脂血症,高血圧,2型糖尿 病,肥満などであり,有病率からみた成人病の概念に 一致する. 1996 年,厚生省から「成人病」から「生活習慣病」へ の改称が提唱された.最初違和感があったこの呼び名 も定着しつつある.生活習慣病の概念は,小児・思春 期成人病と同様に「1次予防」に主眼をおいたものであ り,そ...

Prevalence trends in lifestyle-related risk factors.

BACKGROUND The regional prevalence of risk factors can vary over time. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) addresses prevalence trends for common risk factors in a region in northeast Germany. METHODS A longitudinal study was carried out from 1997 to 2001 (SHIP-0, with 4308 subjects), and a second, independent random sample of the population in the same region was studied from 2008 to 201...

NO-Rich Diet for Lifestyle-Related Diseases

Decreased nitric oxide (NO) availability due to obesity and endothelial dysfunction might be causally related to the development of lifestyle-related diseases such as insulin resistance, ischemic heart disease, and hypertension. In such situations, instead of impaired NO synthase (NOS)-dependent NO generation, the entero-salivary nitrate-nitrite-NO pathway might serve as a backup system for NO ...

Biomedical and Lifestyle Diseases

Clinical implications of thermal therapy in lifestyle-related diseases.

Systemic thermal therapy, such as taking a warm-water bath and sauna, induces systemic vasodilation. It was found that repeated sauna therapy (60 degrees C for 15 min) improved hemodynamic parameters, clinical symptoms, cardiac function, and vascular endothelial function in patients with congestive heart failure. Vascular endothelial function is impaired in subjects with lifestyle-related disea...