Effective Methods for Heath Check-up and Lifestyle Intervention for Metabolic Syndrome

Abstract

A new health check-up system focused on the metabolic syndrome will be introduced under the reform of health care system, which will start from 2008. In comparison with the past health check-up, a new system emphasizes on health counseling. There are several points which lead to effective health behavior change among health examinees; 1) health counseling based on behavioral science, 2) lifestyle intervention on the health check-up day, 3) effective use of IT-based behavior change program, 4) smoking cessation intervention to all smoking examinees, 5) combination of high risk strategy and population strategy.