Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the basic data for preventive education of lifestyle-related diseases at public sports facilities. We reviewed a factor structure with items from nine kinds of living habits including, psychological stress, physique index, work and so on. We distributed a questionnaire to 2, 104 (733 males and 1, 371 females, 16 to 79 years old) users at public sports facilities. We used a principal component analyses to conduct our research. The following findings were obtained.
Eating only one or two meals a day, lack of a balance diet and smoking are the main risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases in the younger generation. The intake of sweets and snacks are the main risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases in females. In case of elderly males, lack of exercise in their free time, an increase in psychological stress, rise in the Body Mass Index (BMI), and an increase in alcohol intake.
These findings suggest that it is useful to understand these factors concerning living habits that are based on age and sex in order to prevent lifestyle-related diseases. In this regard a causal linkage between these factors and age groups cannot be confirmed.
