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Health of the Japanese

Health of the Japanese. By: Alyssa Gardiner. Overview. Where is Japan? . Fun Information. Same latitude and longitude of the East Coast Capital is Tokyo Over 127 million people A little smaller than California! (Insidervlv.com, Kittler, 2008) . Religion Family.

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Health of the Japanese

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  1. Health of the Japanese By: Alyssa Gardiner

  2. Overview

  3. Where is Japan?

  4. Fun Information • Same latitude and longitude of the East Coast • Capital is Tokyo • Over 127 million people • A little smaller than California! (Insidervlv.com, Kittler, 2008)

  5. Religion Family • Shintoism is the indigenous religion • Humans and inherently good • Evil is caused by pollution or filthiness • Eating foods that are bad • Can be removed through purification. • Fountains • Gift givers • Husbands are breadwinners • Taught to follow certain practices • Not the best family life, men often go to bars or restaurants after work instead of home (Kittler, 2008)

  6. Health Beliefs • Only eating to 80% • Blood • Absurd to not know blood type (facebook) • Imbalance from poor diet, bad sleep, lack of exercise causes illness • Stress induced illness is common • 10,000 men die each year from suicide • Healing industry is huge, including 10-minute massages, herbs, teas, spas, onsen….. (Kittler, 2008)

  7. Staple Foods • Grains • Rice • Mochi • Noodles • Ramen, soba, udon • Fruits- eaten in season • Kumquats, persimmons, plums, mikan • Vegetables • Bamboo, cabbage, ginger, mushrooms, sweet potato, seaweed (14 g per day per person), pickled vegetables, radish • Protein foods • Soybeans, fish (fresh), chicken, pork, beef • Beverages • Green tea • Miscellaneous • Miso soup • Sushi • Mostly nigiri, some rolls • Mayo! (Kittler, 2008), (Fukuda et. al., 2007)

  8. Cooking Methods and Examples • Sui mono

  9. Food Prep Video • Making Takoyaki! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHDmVhShE80

  10. Lets eat!! • Curry • Rice • Calpis • Hi Chew

  11. Meal cycles and composition • 3 meals a day • Breakfast and lunch are simple • Usually a soup with a side • Miso soup with rice triangle for breakfast • Rice with a nabemono (one pot dish) and soup for lunch • Dinner is usually soup with 3 sides • Often consists of rice, soup, raw fish, a simmered dish, and a grilled or fried dish • Usually served with pickled ginger, soy sauce and wasabi • Not served in courses • Bento boxes • Around 10 items packaged in a box • Used in school, picnincs, anywhere! (Kittler, 2008)(Nanri et. al., 2008)

  12. Japanese Food Guide • Note that fats sweets and oils are not a part of the spinning top • They show their amounts in dish form (Yoshiike et. al., 2007)

  13. Eating out • Becoming more common • Many shops specialize in a specific thing • Sushi, yakitori, ramen • Windows of restaurants display the food items with plastic replicas • More fatty foods being consumed due to American Influences. (Doughnut shops and McDonalds) (Culcon, 2003) (Matsumura, 2001)

  14. Food Habits and Etiquette • Chopsticks • Not a wide variety of foods, many foods are imported • Food is seen, tasted, relished • Soups are consumed from the bowl • Soups can be slurped, but tea should be drunken silently • Eat at low tables while kneeling • Shoes are always removed in the genkan • Each diner is to fill their neighbors glass (Kittler, 2008)

  15. New Years Celebration • Celebrated on January 1st • Most important and largest celebration • Debts are settled and homes are cleaned • Food is prepared ahead of time • 10 to 20 specially prepared dishes that each hold a meaning suchas happiness, prosperity, wealth, long life, wisdom, etc. • Mochi- historically hard to get so it signified wealth and prosperity • Steamed rice pounded into a sticky dough

  16. Dietary Analysis • “Akiko” • 5’0 • 105 lbs • 25 years old • active • Breakfast • Miso soup, salad, rice • Lunch • Udon, nigiri sushi (raw tuna and rice), carrots and broccoli • Dinner • Miso soup, rice, tempura vegetables, yakisoba • Snacks • Sweet Potatoes • Mochi

  17. Dietary Analysis

  18. Dietary Analysis (Diet Analysis Software, 2011), (Kobayashi, et. al., 2010), (Asano et. al., 2009)

  19. Health Issues • Airport story…. • Overall healthy diet with few health problems when eating a traditional Japanese diet • Most fats are polyunsaturated and butter is rarely used • High sodium intake causes high blood pressure • 1/3 of the population has high blood pressure • Obesity is becoming more prevalent in Japan, being underestimated by the government • Very thin women, undernutrition? (National Health and Nutrition Survey Report Japan, 2006), (Inokuchi et. al., 2009)

  20. Counseling • Formality and politeness are essential • Calling elders by their first name is inappropriate • Use different words to talk to different people • Emotions are hidden, especially anger • Don’t like to say no • High context culture • Listen and reply intently unless disinterested • Embarrass easily, including when criticized about health habits

  21. The end! • Any questions?

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