メタボ検診
メタボ検診
The word メタボ stands for Metabolic syndrome. It became common since "The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare" made it obligatory to diagnose the risk of metabolic syndrome to health insurance associations and municipalities in 2008.
Every insured people aged 40 to 74 is measured a size of her/his abdominal circumference, around navel, the thickest part of your belly.
If you exceed the following criteria, you are judged as メタボ or reserve メタボ(メタボ予備軍).
-Man: his abdominal circumference is over 85 cm.
-Woman: over 90 cm.
-Man and woman: whose BMI is over 25.
People who have been judged メタボor メタボ予備軍 have to receive advices/instructions to improve their dietary and fitness habits from specialists.
Some of my male friends disagree with the standard, 85cm.
They say that it should be changed based on one's height.
( though men who have complained about 85 cm are around 25 in BMI.)
Further details about メタボ検診 in Japanese.
Every insured people aged 40 to 74 is measured a size of her/his abdominal circumference, around navel, the thickest part of your belly.
If you exceed the following criteria, you are judged as メタボ or reserve メタボ(メタボ予備軍).
-Man: his abdominal circumference is over 85 cm.
-Woman: over 90 cm.
-Man and woman: whose BMI is over 25.
People who have been judged メタボor メタボ予備軍 have to receive advices/instructions to improve their dietary and fitness habits from specialists.
Some of my male friends disagree with the standard, 85cm.
They say that it should be changed based on one's height.
( though men who have complained about 85 cm are around 25 in BMI.)
Further details about メタボ検診 in Japanese.
Last edited by coco on Thu 03.19.2009 10:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: メタボ検診
My husband was caught out as a メタボ at his last 健康診断. I don't know why they had to invent a new word for it though. I guess メタボ sounds a little better than デブ but it's the same thing.
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例え胸の傷が痛んでも。
例え胸の傷が痛んでも。
Re: メタボ検診
becki_kanou wrote:I don't know why they had to invent a new word for it though. I guess メタボ sounds a little better than デブ but it's the same thing.

あ、メタボには不定冠詞がつくんですね。 (例: He is a メタボ.)
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Re: メタボ検診
85 at the navel and 25 BMI seem low to me. I'm about 84 at the navel with a BMI of 24 and I'm fairly lean/skinny.coco wrote:...... Some of my male friends disagree with the standard, 85cm.
They say that it should be changed based on one's height.
( though men who have complained about 85 cm are around 25 in BMI.) ...

A BMI over 25 is classed as "overweight" but BMI can be misleading. It assumes that any "excess" weight is fat.
I found this comment on the Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education website;
..... For Chinese, Indian and Malaysian people, a BMI greater than 23 is regarded as overweight ....
Don't complain to me that people kick you when you're down. It's your own fault for lying there
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Re: メタボ検診
かわいい

これは「駅猫」ということなんですね。
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3234633 (youtubeにもある)
皆無視だからあの猫はよくいるらしいですね。
これは同じ駅みたいけど違うねこ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mxMzKhD ... re=related
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Re: メタボ検診
BMI isn't the best way of diagnosing muscular individuals. Muscle weighs a lot more than fat. Considering chikara's build, I would actually guess more than 24. I currently have a BMI of 29.3. I know that I've gotten out of shape since I graduated, but I'm still somewhat decent. Here's a recent picture that shows some of my new flabcoco wrote:Chikara さん本当にBMI 24ですか?chikara wrote: I'm about 84 at the navel with a BMI of 24 and I'm fairly lean/skinny.![]()
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Re: メタボ検診
Yudanさん
URLのご紹介ありがとう。
私はニコニコ動画のIDを持っていないので、YouTubeで駅猫を見ました。
改札機の上で寝る猫が、あれほど日常の風景に溶け込んでいるなんて
びっくりです。 ネコの由来は「寝る子」というのが納得できる映像でした。
ベッキーさん
ありがとうございます。
とってもいい名前ですね!
勝海舟の幼名は「麟太郎」ですが、ベッキーさんのお子さんは「明朗」の「麟太朗」くんですね。
姓とも実によく合う素敵な名前です。
6月13日ですね。 麟太朗くん誕生の嬉しい報告を今から楽しみにしております。
妊娠後期に入ると体調が変化しやすいので、どうぞお大事になさってください。
Dehitayさん
お写真になんとコメントしてよいのやら。。。。。
前は確か、長髪ではありませんでしたっけ?
URLのご紹介ありがとう。
私はニコニコ動画のIDを持っていないので、YouTubeで駅猫を見ました。
改札機の上で寝る猫が、あれほど日常の風景に溶け込んでいるなんて
びっくりです。 ネコの由来は「寝る子」というのが納得できる映像でした。
ベッキーさん
ありがとうございます。
とってもいい名前ですね!
勝海舟の幼名は「麟太郎」ですが、ベッキーさんのお子さんは「明朗」の「麟太朗」くんですね。
姓とも実によく合う素敵な名前です。

6月13日ですね。 麟太朗くん誕生の嬉しい報告を今から楽しみにしております。
妊娠後期に入ると体調が変化しやすいので、どうぞお大事になさってください。
Dehitayさん
お写真になんとコメントしてよいのやら。。。。。
前は確か、長髪ではありませんでしたっけ?
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Re: メタボ検診
I am still roughly the same shape as I was when that pic of me and Fuji-san was taken. Although I am heavier than that pic of me when I was 30 my waist measurement is pretty much the same (a bit thicker in the obliques) but I am bigger in the shoulders and probably ~6 kgs heavier.
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Re: メタボ検診
この駅猫は有名みたいです。coco wrote:Yudanさん
URLのご紹介ありがとう。
私はニコニコ動画のIDを持っていないので、YouTubeで駅猫を見ました。
改札機の上で寝る猫が、あれほど日常の風景に溶け込んでいるなんて
びっくりです。 ネコの由来は「寝る子」というのが納得できる映像でした。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNtDQEKRFAE
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