Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 530-537 , September 2010

Lifestyle, weight perception and change in body mass index of Japanese workers: MY Health Up Study

  • M. Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • Department of Hygiene and Public Health, School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • S. Toyokawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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  • K. Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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  • Y. Suyama

      Affiliations

    • Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Y. Miyano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Promotion, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • T. Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Promotion, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Y. Miyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Promotion, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Y. Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5841 3494; fax: +81 3 3816 4751.

Received 29 May 2009 ,Revised 17 March 2010 ,Accepted 23 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.009

Public Health
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