Abstract
Purpose: We examined the relationship between the body composition and lifestyles in older people who visited "Town health care room". We also considered the efficacy of providing their body composition assessment to them. Method: Fifty people (68.0 ± 6.1 years old) participated in this study. We surveyed their health history and life style through the questionnaire and interview, and divided them into groups according to their daily schedule for meals, the frequency of going out, and walking time every week. We also measured their blood pressure, their body fat percentage, bone mass, and leg muscle mass with the body composition analyzer to compare them with lifestyles. Results: Fifty one percent of them had a history of hypertension and 41% had hyperlipidemia. Participants who were eating irregularly tended to increase the body fat percentage (p=0.09). Participants who had gone out more than four days a week and walked more than 15 minutes had significantly more bone mass and lower body fat percentage than those who had neither (p<0.05). Conclusion: There was an association between their lifestyles and body composition. There is a possibility that visitors can objectively review their own lifestyles by being provided with an assessment of their body composition. We need to survey the effects on lifestyle by continually providing assessment of body composition to visitors of town health care room.
