2010 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 77-83
Objective: According to specific health guidance which was established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2008, we need to give people guidance to improve metabolic syndrome since it causes obesity. However, as decreases in measurements are not very large in many cases, we determined changes in laboratory data for a 3 kg loss in weight and 3 cm loss in waist circumference.
Method: We selected 47 men and women in the “active support” category and gave them health guidance and a blood test. We gave them the objectives of achieving a decrease of 3 kg in weight and a 3 cm decrease in waist circumference. Based on the results, we divided them into 4 groups : a group that was successful in achieving the decreases in both weight and waist circumference, a group that was successful in only achieving the decrease in waist circumference, a group that was successful in only achieving the decrease in weight, and one that was not successful in achieving either of the objectives. We then gave them another blood test and compared the new blood test data with the previous data.
Results: Significant decreases in triglyceride, ALT, and γ-GTP were noted in the group accomplishing both objectives.
Conclusion: In the group achieving both a decrease of 3 cm in waist circumference and a decrease of 3 kg in weight, there was a marked improvement in laboratory data compared to the other groups.
