National Health and Nutrition Survey
Based on the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002), the National Health and Nutrition Survey is a survey conducted annually by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in order to understand the status of people's health, nutritional intake, and lifestyle habits and to obtain basic data necessary for comprehensive health promotion.
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- Fluctuations in survey items
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You can browse the fluctuations in National Health and Nutrition Survey items. Note that survey items related to smoking and alcohol use are from the Physical Status Questionnaire up through 2002, and from the Lifestyle Habits Questionnaire from 2003 onward.
- Annual changes in primary health indicators
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- Nutritional Intake Status Survey
- Physical Status Questionnaire
- Lifestyle Habits Questionnaire
You can download a list of annual changes in primary health indicators in Excel format.
- Results by prefecture
- National Health and Nutrition Survey results
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You can download a list of the primary survey results from 1946–present in Excel format. For the yearly reports, please visit the here or the National Institute of Health and Nutrition homepage.
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English summaries for yearly reports are avairable as follows.
- Research papers
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- Refer to the papers
See the papers discussing the data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey.