Precaution of obesity caused by visceral fat accumulation based on the requirements of energy in spinal cord injury patients

2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 14572260
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 基礎・地域看護学
• Research Institution: Faculty of Sciences of Human life, Notre Dame Seishin University
• Principal Investigator: KIKUNAGA Shigeshi Notre Dame Seishin University, Faculty of Sciences of Human life, Professor, 人間生活学部, 教授 (10148728)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KIRA Shohei Okayama University, Graduate school of Medicine and Density, Professor, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (50033212)
• Project Period (FY): 2002 – 2003
• Keywords: spinal cord injury patient / obesity caused by visceral accumulation / life style related diseases / energy balance / mineral balance / dietary survey / diet intervention

Research Abstract

Both dietary survey and energy balance study were conducted to seek possible methods to prevent at the onset life style related diseases induced by visceral fat accumulation in spinal cord injury patients.
As the ratio of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat was higher than 0.4, all subjects were diagnosed as obesity caused by visceral fat accumulation. The older subjects were, more frequently hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance were observed. Mean daily intake and absorption ratio of energy in the subjects were 2043kcal and 82.5%, respectively. After diet intervention for eight months to the subjects aged over 50 years, mean daily energy intake decreased by 200kcal, and then hyperlipidemia and liver function were vastly improved.
It was suggested that the incidence of life style related disease caused by visceral fat accumulation in spinal cord injury patients were prevented by diet intervention.