ReviewJournal of diabetes investigation2020
A 50-year history of the health impacts of Westernization on the lifestyle of Japanese Americans: A focus on the Hawaii-Los Angeles-Hiroshima Study.
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- Exploring the Prevalence and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Sub-Saharan African Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of obesity · 2024Pooled it
- Diet in the General United States Asian American Population: A Scoping Review.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Review
- Prevalence and determinants of metabolic syndrome among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Buea Health District, South West Region, Cameroon.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Rural, urban and suburban differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in individuals aged ≥50 years in Northwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The impact of overseas assignments on metabolic factors: Panasonic cohort study 23.Journal of occupational health · 2024Article
- Comparing The Mediterranean and The Japanese Dietary Pattern in Relation to Longevity - A Narrative Review.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024Review
- Dietary Vitamins A, C, and Potassium Intake Is Associated With Narrower Retinal Venular Caliber.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Association of Dietary Nutrient Intake with Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Japanese-Americans.Metabolites · 2021Article
- Westernization of Lifestyle and Atherosclerosis in the Japanese: Lessons from the Hawaii - Los Angeles - Hiroshima Study.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2021Review
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Abstract
A medical survey of Japanese Americans have been carried out since 1970; in particular, this survey was administered to the Japanese emigrants from Hiroshima (Japan) to Hawaii or Los Angeles (USA) and their offspring. Labeled the Hawaii-Los Angeles-Hiroshima Study, it constituted a long-term epidemiological study of Japanese Americans who are genetically identical to the native Japanese people, but have experienced rapid and intense Westernization in terms of their lifestyles. The authors have compared the medical survey data procured from two Japanese populations, evincing very disparate lifestyles; that is, the native Japanese inhabitants of Hiroshima (Japan) and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii or Los Angeles (USA). The focus was particularly on differences in the intake of nutrients, the frequency of obesity, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus, and the progression of atherosclerosis. The authors believe that the health effects of the lifestyles of Japanese Americans can predict the imminent health prospects of native Japanese people who adopt Westernized lifestyles in Japan. This review thus summarized the major results accumulated from the Hawaii-Los Angeles-Hiroshima Study over the past 50 years.
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