Health and Welfare Policy Forum 2021.9 No.299, pp.30-39
Abstract
Concerns for healthy aging have recently increased. This paper analyzed preparation for health in old age using data from a 2019 survey of preparation for old age. Forty three percent of women who participated in the survey were in good health and practicing health behaviors, while 17.4% were in good health and not practicing healthy behaviors. The proportion of women who were in ill and not practicing unhealthy behaviors was 22.2%. Moreover, nearly a third of women answered that they did not exercise regularly. Active physical activity is required not only for old women but also for middle-aged women considering the postmenopausal cardiovascular disease risk and the risk for falls in old age.
