Health and Fitness: A Question of Lifestyle? Japanese Living in Japan Compared with Japanese Living in the USApreseason conditioningyoung athletesinjury preventionyouth strength trainingLearing Objective: To understand vital age as a measurement of physical health status and appreciate how lifesty...
Jonny contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in writing a blog post for him about living in Japan as a foreigner. I told him I wasn’t interested in blogging (I don’t consider myself a good enough writer to do so) (Backpackingman note: she’s great!) but that I did have...
Factors associated with knee pain were investigated using 871 self-administered questionnaires (405 men and 466 women) fromresidents aged over 30 years in a rural area of Japan. The prevalence of knee pain increased with age, particularly in womenover 50. It was significantly higher in women tha...
First, regarding employment, the study's participants were employed by relatively large companies in Japan and may not have been fully representative of the Japanese working population. It is also possible that time spent with pets would be differ- ent between those who were currently employed and...
Could investment in preventive health care services reduce health care costs among those insured with health insurance societies in Japan? Popul Health Manage. 2014;17(1):42–7. https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2013.0007. Article Google Scholar Ljung R, Peterson S, Hallqvist J, Heimerson I, ...
“The Spaces Between Stars,” featuring an Indian expat in America. It was also interesting to read stories concerning Japan from a non-Western perspective, such as “March, Ma and Sakura” by Geetanjali Shree, who is from India and writes in Hindi. I enjoyed many others as well. For ...
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By comparison, Japan has the longest worldwide life expectancy, with its residents living an average of 82.7 years. The US comes in at No. 38, with Americans living an average of 79.2 years. While male fertility(生育) rates are not as directly correlated to age as are women's, male ...
the growth and development of older children and adolescents received substantially less attention than in early childhood and adulthood7. Increasing attention on the importance of health and nutrition during school years has been accompanied by a presumption that differences in nutrition and the environme...
a polyp. A polyp can many produce many jellyfish through asexual reproduction. Once a jellyfish reaches adulthood, it can revert to the polyp stage, allowing it restart its life cycle indefinitely. The immortal jellyfish is primarily found in the Mediterranean Sea and off the coast of Japan....