Development of the new method and construction of an eating-habits managerial system which evaluate health condition based on the flora pattern in intestines

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23650474
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits, studies on eating habits
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: KONDO Toshihiko 群馬大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 准教授 (10162108)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: 健康と食生活 / 腸内フローラ

Research Abstract

In this research, we develop the new technology which analyzes the flora pattern in human intestines, and aim at effective prevention of obesity, metabolic syndrome, enteric infection, and colorectal cancer. We evaluated intestinal health condition by measurement of the ratio of a good bacteria and bad bacteria. Moreover, the obesity was also evaluated from the ratio of the bacteria in Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes. As a result of performing various examination, it was verified that this method is effectivein healthy evaluation and health care administration.