Abstract
Objective: To reduce the risks of lifestyle related diseases, further stability of the improved lifestyle is necessary. Therefore, a scheduled health promotion program “Try 13 weeks” has been performed to help for improving inadequate life style. And the follow-up study was planned to the participants who were completed this program. Methods: Three hundred and towenty two program participants (160 men,162 women) from June 2002 to March 2006 were checked their laboratory examinations and the success rate of changing life style. For detailed analysis, follow up results were obtained by the repeated laboratory examination of the 42 participants (22 men,20 women) who were agreed and cooperated this program. The stability of lifestyle modification was analysed additionally about 70 participants comprised respondents of the questionnaires survey between 1 to 3 years later. Result: After 13-week program, significant improvements were obtained in 88% (187/214)of the participants with obesity,70% of those with hyperlipidemia and in 80% of those with impaired fasting glucose respectively. Detailed follow-up analysis and additional questionnaire survey revealed sufficient results, such as reduced calories intake in 92% and daily exercise habit in 78%. Furthermore, stabie lifestyle modification including lowered body weight and improvement of HDL-C have been maintained for 1 to 3 years after completion of the program. Conclusions: Individual continuous intervention throughout the program is necessary for the participants to notice that their daily life style directly links to the disease risk and that the risk could be modified by their own effort. However, further accumulation of program experience would certainly be necessary.
