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Age Differences in Health Behavior and Weight Changes in Japanese Workers: 1-Year Follow-Up Study
Machi Suka1, Takashi Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa
1Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Objective:
To examine 1-year changes in stage of health behavior change and its associations with changes in health behavior and weight in a working population cohort.
Methods:
Using annual health examination data, 57,431 eligible Japanese workers aged 18 to 64 years were examined for their 1-year changes in stage of change, eating and exercise habits, and weight.
Results:
The stages of change became polarized into the precontemplation and the action/maintenance (ie, post-action) and became stabilized with increasing age. The 1-year change in stage of change was accompanied by changes in eating and exercise habits and weight.
Conclusions:
The age-dependent tendency towards bipolarization and stabilization of stages of change suggested that workplace health promotion interventions for facilitating health behavior changes should be started at younger ages.
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