2019 Volume 46 Issue 2 Pages 259-265
Objective: The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between lifestyle modification and weight change in a longitudinal study over three years.
Methods: The study subjects were 1,425 men with metabolic syndrome (MS) and pre-metabolic syndrome aged 40-59 years who received health checkups for MS in 2012 and 2015. We investigated the relationships between their lifestyle modification and weight change over three years in 2012-2015.
Results: The groups who improved life habits for exercise, physical activity, nocturnal snack and meal in late night had a significant weight loss. On the other hand, the groups with deteriorated life habits for physical activity and nocturnal snack had a significant weight gain. Regarding the stage change of behavior modification and weight change, 247 men whose stage of behavior modification went up, significantly decreased their weight by 2.085 kg, but 168 men whose stage of behavior modification went down, significantly increased their weight by 0.982 kg.
Conclusion: The relationships between lifestyle modification and weight change showed that it is important to support to keep healthy lifestyles as well as to encourage improvement of lifestyles.
