The Lifelong Health Support 10: a Japanese prescription for a long and healthy life.

Ahmed Arafa; Yoshihiro Kokubo; Rena Kashima; Masayuki Teramoto; Yukie Sakai; Saya Nosaka; Youko M Nakao; Emi Watanabe

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The Lifelong Health Support 10: a Japanese prescription for a long and healthy life.

Author: Ahmed ARAFA ¹ ; Yoshihiro KOKUBO ¹ ; Rena KASHIMA ¹ ; Masayuki TERAMOTO ¹ ; Yukie SAKAI ¹ ; Saya NOSAKA ¹ ; Youko M NAKAO ² ; Emi WATANABE ³
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1. Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
2. Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds.
3. Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Contemporary Human Life Science, Tezukayama University.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Japan; Lifelong Health Support 10; Lifestyle
MeSH: Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control*; Humans; Hypertension/prevention & control*; Japan/epidemiology*; Life Style; Neoplasms; Prescriptions; Risk Factors
From:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2022;27(0):23-23
CountryJapan
Language:English
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Although the age-adjusted incidence and mortality of cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been decreasing steadily in Japan, both diseases remain major contributors to morbidity and mortality along with the aging society. Herein, we aim to provide a prescription of 10 health tips for long and healthy life named the "Lifelong Health Support 10 (LHS10)."
METHOD:The LHS10 was developed by the preventive medicine specialists at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Suita, where it has been used for health guidance to prevent CVD, cancer, and cognitive decline in addition to their major risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. It consisted of the lifestyle modification recommendations of the 2014 Japanese Society of Hypertension guidelines and the 2017 Japan Atherosclerosis Society Guidelines for preventing atherosclerotic CVD. Further, it came in line with other international lifestyle modification guidelines. In this narrative review, we summarized the results of several Japanese epidemiological studies investigating the association between the LHS10 items and the risk of cancer, CVD, and other chronic diseases including dementia, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease.
RESULTS:The LHS10 included avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, engaging in physical activity, refraining from excessive alcohol drinking, reducing fried foods and sugary soft drinks, cutting salt in food, consuming more vegetables, fruits, fish, soy foods, and fibers, and maintaining proper body weight. All items of the LHS10 were shown to reduce the risk of cancer, CVD, and other chronic diseases.
CONCLUSIONS:The LHS10 can be a helpful tool for health guidance.