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The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index

Quantifying health status and identifying modifiable factors are essential for effective and individualized prevention of age-related conditions and for promoting health during aging. The ME-BYO concept from Kanagawa Prefecture, one of Japan’s largest prefectures, can be used to establish a healthy...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Sho, Watanabe, Ryo, Saito, Yoshinobu, Watanabe, Kaname, Chung, Ung-il, Narimatsu, Hiroto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10196396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37213649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1142281
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author Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Ryo
Saito, Yoshinobu
Watanabe, Kaname
Chung, Ung-il
Narimatsu, Hiroto
author_facet Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Ryo
Saito, Yoshinobu
Watanabe, Kaname
Chung, Ung-il
Narimatsu, Hiroto
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description Quantifying health status and identifying modifiable factors are essential for effective and individualized prevention of age-related conditions and for promoting health during aging. The ME-BYO concept from Kanagawa Prefecture, one of Japan’s largest prefectures, can be used to establish a healthy aging society. In disease etiology, ME-BYO considers the status of an individual’s body and mind as changing continuously from healthy to sick instead of being a dichotomy between the two. ME-BYO conceptualizes the entire process of this change. The ME-BYO index was developed in 2019 to comprehensively and numerically measure and visualize an individual’s current health status and future disease risk by quantifying data on the four domains of metabolic function, locomotor function, cognitive function, and mental resilience. The ME-BYO index has been implemented in the personal health management application “My ME-BYO.” However, scientific validation of this index and the development of a practical application using healthcare data remain to be completed. In 2020, our research team started a project to refine the ME-BYO index using data from the Kanagawa ME-BYO prospective cohort study, which is a large population-based genomic cohort study. This project will scientifically evaluate the ME-BYO index and develop a practical application for promoting healthy aging.
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spelling pubmed-101963962023-05-20 The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index Nakamura, Sho Watanabe, Ryo Saito, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Kaname Chung, Ung-il Narimatsu, Hiroto Front Public Health Public Health Quantifying health status and identifying modifiable factors are essential for effective and individualized prevention of age-related conditions and for promoting health during aging. The ME-BYO concept from Kanagawa Prefecture, one of Japan’s largest prefectures, can be used to establish a healthy aging society. In disease etiology, ME-BYO considers the status of an individual’s body and mind as changing continuously from healthy to sick instead of being a dichotomy between the two. ME-BYO conceptualizes the entire process of this change. The ME-BYO index was developed in 2019 to comprehensively and numerically measure and visualize an individual’s current health status and future disease risk by quantifying data on the four domains of metabolic function, locomotor function, cognitive function, and mental resilience. The ME-BYO index has been implemented in the personal health management application “My ME-BYO.” However, scientific validation of this index and the development of a practical application using healthcare data remain to be completed. In 2020, our research team started a project to refine the ME-BYO index using data from the Kanagawa ME-BYO prospective cohort study, which is a large population-based genomic cohort study. This project will scientifically evaluate the ME-BYO index and develop a practical application for promoting healthy aging. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10196396/ /pubmed/37213649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1142281 Text en Copyright © 2023 Nakamura, Watanabe, Saito, Watanabe, Chung and Narimatsu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Nakamura, Sho
Watanabe, Ryo
Saito, Yoshinobu
Watanabe, Kaname
Chung, Ung-il
Narimatsu, Hiroto
The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title_full The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title_fullStr The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title_full_unstemmed The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title_short The ME-BYO index: A development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
title_sort me-byo index: a development and validation project of a novel comprehensive health index
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10196396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37213649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1142281
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