5D.02: WHY DOES WAKAYAMA PREFECTURE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF HYPERTENSION IN JAPAN? CONSIDERATION ON EXERCISE INCORPORATED INTO EVERYDAY LIFE.

Objective:In Japan, there are 47 prefectures with differences in topography, industrial structure, population distribution and hypertension rate as well. The authors’ home prefecture of Wakayama has the highest incidence of hypertension in the nation at 25.0%. This shows 7.6 point spread compared wi