Tackling Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Diseases in Corporate Health Management: Launch of Measurement Events to Visualize Salt Intake and Evaluate ROI via Urinary Na/K Tests
Smile meal Inc. has launched a biomarker measurement service for corporate health management that visualizes employees' salt intake via urinary Na/K ratios and quantitatively measures the effectiveness of health initiatives.
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Smile meal Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Mayumi Atsumi) has begun offering a measurement event utilizing urinary biomarkers as part of measures against lifestyle-related and cardiovascular diseases in corporate health and productivity management.
This service is distinguished by its ability not only to "visualize" employees' salt intake status but also to perform "effectiveness measurement," capturing the changes in numerical values after the implementation of health initiatives.
■ Regarding the Dietary Challenges of Modern People
In the Japanese diet, high salt intake remains a significant challenge.
Excessive salt intake is considered a factor that increases the risk of:
- High blood pressure
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cardiovascular diseases
Making it an important theme in lifestyle disease prevention.
On the other hand,
- People cannot accurately grasp their own intake levels
- People have become accustomed to the taste
For these reasons, it is difficult to connect awareness to actual improvement behaviors.
■ The Challenge in Health Initiatives: "Implemented, but nothing changed"
In corporate health management initiatives,
efforts are progressing such as:
- Conducting seminars
- Hosting health events
However,
the problem often seen is:
"We implemented the initiative, but we don't know how much things have improved."
Especially since diet is a daily accumulation,
there are also challenges such as:
- Effects are hard to see
- Difficult to sustain
■ "Visualizing Dietary Habits" via Urinary Biomarkers
In this measurement, we evaluate the tendency of daily salt intake using the excretion amounts of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) in urine and the Na/K ratio as indicators.
Techniques such as 24-hour urine collection allow for the estimation of salt intake and understanding of the Na/K ratio, enabling an objective assessment of an individual's dietary habits.
This makes it possible to grasp numerically:
- Salt intake trends
- Vegetable intake status
■ Designed to Enable Effectiveness Measurement
The greatest feature of this service is that it doesn't end with just measurement.
After grasping the current situation with an initial test, we implement:
- Nutrition seminars
- Diet improvement measures
- Behavioral change support
By conducting a follow-up test afterward,
it is possible to quantitatively evaluate "how much improvement was made."
- Visualizing Before/After
- Changes in the Na/K ratio
- Improvements in salt intake trends
By comparing these, the effectiveness of the initiative can be clearly demonstrated.
Seeing the change in numbers allows individuals to:
- Understand their own condition
- Feel the results of their improvements
As a result, this leads to continuous behavioral change.
■ Value in Corporate Health Management
This measurement is...
This service is distinguished by its ability not only to "visualize" employees' salt intake status but also to perform "effectiveness measurement," capturing the changes in numerical values after the implementation of health initiatives.
■ Regarding the Dietary Challenges of Modern People
In the Japanese diet, high salt intake remains a significant challenge.
Excessive salt intake is considered a factor that increases the risk of:
- High blood pressure
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cardiovascular diseases
Making it an important theme in lifestyle disease prevention.
On the other hand,
- People cannot accurately grasp their own intake levels
- People have become accustomed to the taste
For these reasons, it is difficult to connect awareness to actual improvement behaviors.
■ The Challenge in Health Initiatives: "Implemented, but nothing changed"
In corporate health management initiatives,
efforts are progressing such as:
- Conducting seminars
- Hosting health events
However,
the problem often seen is:
"We implemented the initiative, but we don't know how much things have improved."
Especially since diet is a daily accumulation,
there are also challenges such as:
- Effects are hard to see
- Difficult to sustain
■ "Visualizing Dietary Habits" via Urinary Biomarkers
In this measurement, we evaluate the tendency of daily salt intake using the excretion amounts of sodium (Na) and potassium (K) in urine and the Na/K ratio as indicators.
Techniques such as 24-hour urine collection allow for the estimation of salt intake and understanding of the Na/K ratio, enabling an objective assessment of an individual's dietary habits.
This makes it possible to grasp numerically:
- Salt intake trends
- Vegetable intake status
■ Designed to Enable Effectiveness Measurement
The greatest feature of this service is that it doesn't end with just measurement.
After grasping the current situation with an initial test, we implement:
- Nutrition seminars
- Diet improvement measures
- Behavioral change support
By conducting a follow-up test afterward,
it is possible to quantitatively evaluate "how much improvement was made."
- Visualizing Before/After
- Changes in the Na/K ratio
- Improvements in salt intake trends
By comparing these, the effectiveness of the initiative can be clearly demonstrated.
Seeing the change in numbers allows individuals to:
- Understand their own condition
- Feel the results of their improvements
As a result, this leads to continuous behavioral change.
■ Value in Corporate Health Management
This measurement is...