Effects of presentation of selfcare menu on minor health complaints and healthy habit in adults

Abstract

Recently people with minor health complaints (MHC) (i.e. irritability and fatigue) have been increasing．We have made special menu which contains nutrients and functional compounds for improving MHC. A total of 83 healthy subjects (ages: 24–76 years) were received recipes of the menu and supposed to cook by themselves once a day for 7 days, and to answer several questionnaires concerning MHC and healthy habit. Those were analyzed at 0, 1 week and 1 month．MHC was assessed by the Brief Job-Stress Questionnaire that uses the items for liveliness, irritability， fatigue， and body complaints．Participants with MHC was 54 subjects and they significantly showed higher liveliness and lower irritability at 1 month compared with those at 0 week. Healthy habit with young people was significantly improved at 1 month. These indicate menu presentation would be useful for improving MHC and healthy habit.