論文詳細
敬心・研究ジャーナル第４巻 第２号
日本福祉教育専門学校における留学生のやせと肥満
抄録
授業の一環として日本福祉教育専門学校における留学生クラス36名の体格指数（BMI）を算出した。20代女子留学生のやせの割合は20.0％で、わが国のそれとほぼ同じであった。痩せた若い女性は月経不順や無月経になりやすく、生活習慣病に罹りやすい。さらに、低出生体重児を出産する頻度が高くなる。低出生体重児は成人病に罹りやすい（DOHaD仮説）。このように若い女性のやせは次世代の健康にも影響する。適切な量のエネルギー摂取を指導する必要がある。肥満１度の女子留学生は16.0％、男子は33.3％であった。これらの学生に対しては過剰なエネルギー摂取を避けることで、生活習慣病の発症を抑えるよう指導すべきである。極度に痩せた男子１名と極度の肥満（４度）１名は、何らかの疾患の可能性があるので、精査が必要である。「健康日本21（二次）」が推奨しているように、すべての学生が毎日、主食、主菜、副菜からなる３食を適量摂取し、10000歩の歩行などの有酸素運動行い、健康増進に努めることが期待される。
The Thinness and Obesity of Foreign Students at Japan Welfare Education College
Abstract
The body mass indices (BMI) of 36 foreign students at Japan Welfare Education College were calculated as part of their studies. The percentage of underweight foreign students in their twenties was 20.0%, which was about the same as that of Japanese females of the same age. Thin young females are vulnerable to irregular menstruation and amenorrhea, and lifestyle-related diseases. Furthermore, they tend to deliver low-birthweight babies, who in turn develop lifestyle-related diseases more frequently than normal-birthweight babies do (DOHaD). Thus, the thinness of young females affects the health of the next generation. It is important to advise young females to take in an adequate amount of energy. Foreign female students classified as obese class I accounted for 16.0%, and for males, 33.3%. In order to reduce the risk of incurring lifestyle-related diseases, these students should refrain from taking in an excessive amount of energy. There were an extremely thin student (BMI<16.5) and an extremely obese (obese class III) student. As it is possible that they have some serious health concern, they both need to undergo careful medical examinations. As “Health Japan 21 (the Second Term)” recommends, all of the students in the class should take an appropriate amount of food three times a day as meals comprising a staple food, main dishes and side dishes, and do aerobic exercise such as walking ten thousand steps per day to promote their health.