This study compared changes in waist circumference and body weight between participants who received Specific Health Guidance on the day of their health checkup and those who received it later in fiscal year 2023. Subjects included 160 participants in the same-day intervention group and 101 participants in the delayed intervention group. The completion rate was 78.8% in the same-day intervention group and 71.3% in the delayed intervention group. Mean reductions in waist circumference were 1.21 cm and 0.04 cm, respectively, while mean reductions in body weight were 0.31 kg and 0.12 kg, respectively. These findings suggest that same-day intervention may contribute to improved health outcomes.

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This study examines representations of abdominal illness in classical Japanese literature across folktales, military chronicles, and historical narratives. Abdominal illness fulfills varied functions—comic effect, healing, religious conversion, anticipated rupture, and omission—shaped by narrative form, severity, and social rank. High-ranking figures rarely receive explicit symptoms, while descriptions are often minimized. These findings clarify how bodily specificity interacts with narrative aims and provide a basis for comparing abdominal illness with representations of other body parts.

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This study examined the relationship between breakfast consumption habits and classroom concentration and academic performance among university students. An online questionnaire survey was conducted with 22 students from the Faculty of Human Care at Toto University. Approximately 60% of the participants reported consuming breakfast fewer than three times per week. Students who habitually consumed breakfast tended to show more stable levels of concentration and preparedness before classes. However, no clear association was observed between breakfast frequency and concentration or comprehension. These findings suggest that breakfast consumption may contribute more to the stabilization of daily routines and learning conditions than directly to academic performance.

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