Beyond epidemiology: field studies and the physiology laboratory as the whole world.
There is no exercise training regimen broadly available in the field to increase physical fitness and prevent lifestyle-related diseases in middle-aged and older people. We have developed interval walking training (IWT) repeating five or more sets of 3 min fast walking at 70% peak aerobic capacity for walking (w ) per day with intervening 3 min slow walking at 40% w , for 4 days week(1), for 5 months. Moreover, to determine w in individuals and also to measure their energy expenditure even while incline walking, we have developed a portable calorimeter. Further, to instruct subjects on IWT even if they live remotely from the trainers, we have developed e-Health Promotion System. This transfers individual energy expenditure during IWT stored on the meter to a central server through the internet; it sends back the achievement to individuals along with advice generated automatically by the sever according to a database on 4000 subjects. Where we found that 5 months of IWT increased physical fitness and improved the indices of lifestyle-related diseases by 10-20% on average. Since our system is run at low cost with fewer staff for more subjects, it enables us to develop exercise prescriptions appropriate for individuals.
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Hiroshi
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Department of Sports Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. nosehir@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Morikawa
Mayuko
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Yamazaki
Toshiaki
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Nemoto
Ken-Ichi
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Okazaki
Kazunobu
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Masuki
Shizue
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Kamijo
Yoshi-Ichiro
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Gen-No
Hirokazu
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D000375:Aging; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D002151:Calorimetry; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D011153:Population; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology