More Significant Life for Diabetic Patients in the Perspectives of Anti-Aging
For the patients with diabetes, basal daily lifestyle would be considered in the light of meal,
exercise, rest, alcohol intake, smoking and oral health.
These six factors are from the concept as a basic direction of “Health Japan 21” for comprehensive
implementation of national health promotion.
Satisfactory control of lifestyle can lead to protection and treatment of diabetes and successful
anti-aging. From this implication, to check up physical and mental
condition would be important and helpful in clinical practice.
Concerning Anti-Aging Medicine, Kahn and Rowe formerly initiated in 1980-90’s,
proposing successful aging. After that, AAM has been developed in the world for decades until
today.2,3 Currently, clinical importance of AAM includes not only to maintain healthy
condition and to protect diseases, but also to promote activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QOL),
leading to long and significant lives.
Furthermore, adequate judgement and development of AAM would be also considered in the
light of medical, social, economical, and ethical aspects. In order to obtain optimal daily life,
the status of QOL and ADL have to be evaluated by adequate method.
As for AAM, several aspects would be necessary to evaluate, such as dietary and
exercise habit, nutrition, physical activity, resting, alcohol, smoking and dental health.
These factors are pointed out for national health promotion by the Ministry of Heath,
Labour and Welfare of Japan. It has been known as the “National Health Promotion
Movement in the 21st Century as the third health promotion measure for citizens since 2000.
Diabetes Res Open J. 2018; 4(1): 9-11. doi: 10.17140/DROJ-4-137