Comprehensive epidemiological study to establish the scientific evidence that contributes to social environment for physical activity increase.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01677
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
• Principal Investigator: SAWADA Susumu 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 国立健康・栄養研究所 身体活動研究部, 室長 (00642290)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYACHI Motohiko 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 身体活動研究部, 部長 (60229870) ; MURAKAMI Haruka 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 身体活動研究部, 室長 (20344880) ; GANDO Yuko 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 身体活動研究部, 研究員 (60613932) ; INOUE Shigeru 東京医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (00349466) ; OKA Koichiro 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (00318817)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 身体活動 / 自然環境 / 社会環境 / 労働環境 / 空間疫学 / 地域相関研究 / コホート研究 / 疫学研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the impact on the environment on the amount of physical activity and what kind of environmental factors are affecting the amount of physical activity.
Firstly, we made a map for spatial visualization of the physical activity amount by prefectures using a spatial epidemiology technique. We observed that there is a greater number of steps in the denser prefectures. Secondly, we examined the relationship between the social and natural environment and the number of steps using an ecological study. We observed a significant relationship between the number of steps with a number of city parks, private cars, and snow days a year, annual mean temperature, and increased rate of private cars. In addition, we find a relationship between physical activity related work environment and the incidence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, low back pain, or kidney stones among workers using a cohort study.

Free Research Field

スポーツ・健康科学