Abstract
Elderly people need some amount of physical activity to maintain their health. Since it has been established that
living environment affects physical activity, various activities in different environments are being investigated. This
is a physiological anthropology study to clarify how elderly victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake adapt to a new
living environment. The purpose of this study is to clarify seasonal variation of physical activity of the elderly victims.
We measured physical activity during three seasons in elderly victims living in public restoration housing in
Ishinomaki City. Indoor activity time increased with rising temperatures and outdoor activity time decreased. Indoor
energy consumption was high during the summer. Outside activity intensity was high in spring and summer, and
energy consumption was high in spring.
