In this lecture, governmental health movement termed“Health Japan 21”was introduced. This movement was aimed to prevent the occurrence of life style related diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, various cancers by modifying ways of living of Japanese.
Quitting the smoking and preventing obesity by taking healthy diets and by practicing physical exercise were stressed as the international movement to prolong a healthy life span. The Act to promote the Health was legalized in 2003, and many local government made their own plans to proceed the Health Japan 21 movement in their own areas.