title: [Shokuiku promotion in the context of laboratory medicine --special health checkups and healthcare guidance].
abstract: Special health checkups and healthcare guidance focusing on metabolic syndrome (visceral fat syndrome) were started in FY 2008, with the goal of reducing the rate of patients with and those at high risk of developing metabolic syndrome to 25% by FY 2015. In order to fulfill this goal, it is necessary to establish scientific and objective evaluation systems for visceral fat accumulation and dietary intakes, which is certainly achievable by introducing the concept of laboratory medicine, the standardization of both methods and measured values. Accordingly, the principle of Shokuiku (food and nutrition education) should be promoted, motivating all generations of Japanese people to practice healthy dietary habits, by fostering the acquisition of knowledge related to Shoku (food/diet/eating) and the ability to choose Shoku through various experiences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Nutritional Sciences, Nakamura Gakuen University, Fukuoka 814-0198, Japan. tsuda@nakamura-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010808:Physical Examination; D012306:Risk; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires