日本的疾病預防策略之倫理探討

Ethical aspects of the Japanese programme to prevent lifestyle related diseases

Since April 2008, Japanese insurers are obligated to implement a programme to prevent lifestyle related diseases consisting of annual health checks, which screen for Metabolic Syndrome (MetSyn) and health guidance programmes, which aim to induce behaviour modification to prevent lifestyle related diseases. The programme is based on the assumption that visceral fat is a risk factor for MetSyn, which is a risk factor for lifestyle related diseases.