Report Obesity

About Obesity

With the world’s growing obese population now said to exceed 1 billion people, countermeasures are being taken.

In Japan, health insurers have been required to conduct “specific health checkups” and “specific health guidance” (so-called “metabolic syndrome checkups”) since 2008.

Meanwhile, obesity requiring medical intervention is approached differently from general obesity, and various intervention methods, including prevention, need to be discussed.

The correlation between income and living environment and health, known as “Social Determinants of Health (SDH),” is also becoming more apparent, and the health promotion efforts of society as a whole are also required to prevent income and educational disparities from leading to health disparities, without falling into self-responsibility.

HGPI continues to make recommendations to raise the interest of society as a whole in obesity and obesity-related issues.

[Event Report] Obesity Control Promotion Project Public Symposium “Obesity Control as a Social Issue; Toward the Realization of Citizen-Centered Policies” (December 4, 2024)
2025-03-04

[Event Report] Obesity Control Promotion Project Public Symposium “Obesity Control as a ...>>

[Discussion Points] NCDs-related Cross-project “Lessons and Challenges Drawn from NCDs Responses in Local Governments and Future Visions” (June 17, 2024)
2024-08-19

[Discussion Points] NCDs-related Cross-project “Lessons and Challenges Drawn from NCDs R ...>>

[Policy Recommendations] Obesity Control Promotion Project 2023 “The Next Steps for Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizens, and Communities for Implements of Obesity Control Measurements” (April 8, 2024)
2024-04-26

[Policy Recommendations] Obesity Control Promotion Project 2023 “The Next Steps for Enga ...>>

[Event Report] NCDs-related Cross-project Meeting: The 2nd Meeting on Non-Communicable Disease in Hokkaido and Tohoku (March 15, 2024)
2024-04-18

[Event Report] NCDs-related Cross-project Meeting: The 2nd Meeting on Non-Communicable D ...>>

[In the Media] “Understanding Obesity” (The Nikkei Personal Opinion and Insight, March 22, 2024)
2024-03-22

[In the Media] “Understanding Obesity” (The Nikkei Personal Opinion and Insi ...>>

[Event Report] Non-partisan Diet Member Briefing – 30-minute Health Policy Update: “Issues Surrounding and Necessary Measures Against Obesity Disease” (February 2, 2024)
2024-03-04

[Event Report] Non-partisan Diet Member Briefing – 30-minute Health Policy Update: “Issu ...>>

[Event Report] NCDs-related Cross-project Meeting: the 1st NCDs Meeting in Kyushu (December 7, 2023)
2024-01-30

[Event Report] NCDs-related Cross-project Meeting: the 1st NCDs Meeting in Kyushu (Decem ...>>

[Event Report] The HGPI Obesity Control Promotion Project Holds Advisory Board Meeting for “The Next Steps for Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizens, and Communities for Implements of Obesity Control Measurements”（October 5 and November 17, 2023）
2023-12-21

[Event Report] The HGPI Obesity Control Promotion Project Holds Advisory Board Meeting ...>>

[Policy Recommendations] The 6 Steps for Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizens, and Communities for Obesity Control (November 1, 2023)
2023-11-01

[Policy Recommendations] The 6 Steps for Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizen ...>>

[Event Report] The Health and Global Policy Institute Chronic Disease Control Project Holds Advisory Board Meeting for “Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizens, and Communities for Obesity Prevention” (September 22, 2022)
2022-12-26

[Event Report] The Health and Global Policy Institute Chronic Disease Control Project Ho ...>>

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