By Ken Y-N ( June 20, 2008 at 23:18)
· Filed under Lifestyle, Polls
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Although metabo is probably the biggest personal health topic in Japan, this recent survey from MyVoice into health awareness didn’t really touch on it, although it covered other interesting areas.
Demographics
Over the first five days of May 2008 14,369 members of the MyVoice internet community successfully completed a private online questionnaire. 54% of the sample were female, 2% in their teens, 15% in their twenties, 37% in their thirties, 29% in their forties, and 17% in their fifties.
With Q7 asking about mobile phone services, there’s a couple of other mobile services I’ve heard about. First is a Singapore trial where bathroom scales communicate with a mobile phone via BlueTooth, which then communicates with a central server to record daily weight changes, etc. Second is an au service in Japan, where by using GPS functionality you can record your own movements and work out speed of running or walking, calories used, etc, etc.
Research results
Q1: How much care do you pay to your own health? (Sample size=14,369)
| Extreme care |
8.3% |
| Some degree of care |
59.5% |
| Can’t say either way |
18.8% |
| Not much care |
11.5% |
| No care at all |
1.8% |
Q2: In order to maintain or improve health, which of the following do you currently do? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Eat breakfast every day |
46.9% |
| Eat foods that are good for my body |
44.5% |
| If possible, walk or use stairs |
34.6% |
| Get enough sleep |
31.9% |
| Choose ingredients that are good for my body |
31.7% |
| Reduce calorie intake |
28.4% |
| Reduce salt intake |
23.5% |
| Take supplements regularly |
22.0% |
| Do sports |
19.3% |
| Do stretching, yoga |
18.8% |
| Regularly check weight, BMI, blood pressure, etc |
16.3% |
| Reduce intake of sweet foods |
14.7% |
| Early to bed, early to rise |
13.9% |
| Reduce alcohol, tobacco consumption |
13.7% |
| Take care not to raise cholesterol, blood sugar levels |
11.3% |
| Get regular health checks |
10.4% |
| Use bath techniques |
10.1% |
| Actively study health-related television programmes, articles |
9.8% |
| Use exercise equipment at home |
7.0% |
| Eat health foods regularly |
6.7% |
| Go to the gym |
6.4% |
| Exercise at home with DVDs, games machines |
4.7% |
| Regularly use a pedometer |
3.7% |
| Other |
2.3% |
| None of the above |
10.1% |
| No answer |
0.2% |
“Use bath techniques” is a bad translation that covers doing many things in the bath to perhaps improve or maintain health, such as using bath salts, only bathing lower half of one’s body, etc.
Q3: In order to maintain or improve health, which of the following did you previously do but have now ended up giving up? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Do sports |
14.7% |
| Go to the gym |
14.3% |
| Use exercise equipment at home |
12.4% |
| Do stretching, yoga |
9.5% |
| Reduce intake of sweet foods |
9.2% |
| Take supplements regularly |
7.5% |
| Reduce calorie intake |
6.4% |
| Reduce alcohol, tobacco consumption |
6.3% |
| Exercise at home with DVDs, games machines |
5.7% |
| Regularly use a pedometer |
5.0% |
| If possible, walk or use stairs |
4.3% |
| Early to bed, early to rise |
4.3% |
| Regularly check weight, BMI, blood pressure, etc |
4.3% |
| Get enough sleep |
3.1% |
| Reduce salt intake |
2.7% |
| Eat health foods regularly |
2.6% |
| Eat foods that are good for my body |
2.6% |
| Use bath techniques |
2.5% |
| Eat breakfast every day |
2.1% |
| Choose ingredients that are good for my body |
1.4% |
| Get regular health checks |
1.1% |
| Take care not to raise cholesterol, blood sugar levels |
1.1% |
| Actively study health-related television programmes, articles |
1.1% |
| Other |
0.8% |
| None of the above |
37.7% |
| No answer |
1.0% |
Q4: In order to maintain or improve health, which of the following do you want to continue or start doing? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Do sports |
24.9% |
| Get enough sleep |
23.1% |
| If possible, walk or use stairs |
22.3% |
| Do stretching, yoga |
21.6% |
| Reduce calorie intake |
21.3% |
| Eat foods that are good for my body |
19.3% |
| Choose ingredients that are good for my body |
17.2% |
| Eat breakfast every day |
16.8% |
| Early to bed, early to rise |
16.8% |
| Reduce intake of sweet foods |
15.9% |
| Reduce salt intake |
15.6% |
| Go to the gym |
12.9% |
| Regularly check weight, BMI, blood pressure, etc |
11.8% |
| Reduce alcohol, tobacco consumption |
11.1% |
| Take care not to raise cholesterol, blood sugar levels |
9.7% |
| Take supplements regularly |
8.8% |
| Use exercise equipment at home |
8.3% |
| Use bath techniques |
8.3% |
| Exercise at home with DVDs, games machines |
8.0% |
| Get regular health checks |
7.6% |
| Actively study health-related television programmes, articles |
4.8% |
| Regularly use a pedometer |
4.7% |
| Eat health foods regularly |
4.5% |
| Other |
1.4% |
| None of the above |
18.2% |
| No answer |
0.5% |
Q5: From where do you obtain information regarding health issues? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Television |
69.0% |
| Internet |
54.7% |
| Magazines, books |
32.3% |
| Newspapers |
31.9% |
| Friends |
22.3% |
| Family |
21.0% |
| Radio |
6.4% |
| Events, lectures |
2.7% |
| Mobile phone internet |
1.9% |
| Other |
3.1% |
| Don’t obtain information about health |
10.0% |
| No answer |
0.8% |
Q6: In order to maintain health, which of the following services would you want to use, if available? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Service where if I had a slight physical problem I could easily confirm it |
44.9% |
| Service that delivered encouragement toward meeting personal exercise goals |
34.1% |
| Service that recorded daily calorie intake |
20.9% |
| Service that send regular emails with health-related information |
12.4% |
| Service that searches for nearby hospital |
10.4% |
| Other |
2.0% |
| Don’t want to use any of these services |
24.1% |
| No answer |
1.4% |
Q7: In order to maintain health, if they were available on a mobile phone, which of the following functions would you want to use? (Sample size=14,369, multiple answer)
| Pedometer |
36.7% |
| BMI |
29.0% |
| Walking, running calorie consumption |
24.2% |
| Bad breath detector |
23.7% |
| Automatic recording of daily exercise |
23.5% |
| Blood pressure meter |
22.2% |
| Body thermometer |
18.4% |
| Simple health diagnosis |
13.7% |
| Pulse rate meter |
13.0% |
| Other |
1.2% |
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