Abstract
Maintaining the peak bone mass at a higher level acts to prevent fracture due to osteoporosis in the future. To elucidate whether health training for the prevention of osteoporosis that included bone density measurement would help trainees understand preventive measures and change their behavior, we evaluated the effects of training by comparing the subjects' level of understanding concerning exercise and diet and their behavior before training with those 3 months after training. The subjects were 45 healthy female college students. They had their bone density measured and were informed of the results, and then received health training to prevent osteoporosis. A comparison of their understanding/behavior scores before training with those 3 months after training demonstrated the development of their understanding regarding 2 items (habit of exercise, and consumption of green and yellow vegetables) and an improvement in their behavior for 2 items (consumption of fish and salt). These results suggest that health training for osteoporosis prevention has the effect of promoting trainees' understanding of a healthy lifestyle and improving their diets toward the prevention of osteoporosis.
