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Hodogaya Ward Dietary Improvement Promotion Team
It is an organization of a nationwide organization that conducts volunteer activities for health promotion mainly on food. Learn a wide range of knowledge about health promotion, tell the community, and let's expand the circle of health! You can also make new friends in the area!
Last update date April 23, 2024
Part of Fiscal 2023 Members
Number of Hodogaya Ward Members 69 (as of April 2023) Approx. 103,000 nationwide
※I wear a mask during my activity.
- Activity introduction
- Awareness-raising activities in the community
- To act as a Hodogaya Ward Healthmate
Activity introduction
Hodogaya Ward Healthmate was established in 1965 under the name of the Hodogaya Ward Dietary Life Improvement Group. In April 1995, the company has been working as a Hodogaya Ward Dietary Improvement Promotion Committee (nicknamed Health Mate).
Outsourcing business from Yokohama
Yokohama City Consignment Business (Growing Learning Generation)
In order to extend healthy life expectancy, we have been commissioned by Yokohama City and are working in the community.
We work on well-balanced meals, such as nurturing and learning, working and child-rearing generations, and fertility generations.
For more information about generation, please see Health Yokohama 21.
Other Requested Business
State of Hodogaya Ward Residents' Festival
In addition to the commissioned business, we carry out business when there is a request from the community.
We work at community care plazas, elementary schools, and district centers.
At the Hodogaya Residents' Festival, we measure the amount you usually eat with actual vegetables, and experience the difference from the daily intake target of 350g.
For children, we have a bean grab game. The photo on the right shows the scene at that time.
Contact walk
Walking through Misakiguchi - Koamishiro no Mori
Yokohama City also conducts walking activities (about six times a year) to not only improve eating habits but also to establish walking as an exercise in daily life.
We visit sightseeing spots in Yokohama city and Kanagawa prefecture.
The general public can also participate. Please join us.
As for the details, please see guidance (PDF: 206KB) of contact walk.
Awareness-raising activities in the community
Improvement of lifestyle (dietary habits) in order to extend healthy life expectancy, the basic goal of Health Yokohama 21, to extend healthy life expectancy.
①It is important to eat 350g of 2 vegetables to eat well-balanced diet.
Hodogaya Ward Healthmate tells us that they eat well-balanced meals and get well with vegetables.
A well-balanced meal!
~ About meal balance guide~
Make a healthy body with vegetables!
~ Let's have one more dish of vegetables~
https://youtu.be/zhek2Gt6eMQ (external site)
Regular meeting
In addition, regular meetings for members are held 11 times a year to conduct studies that are useful for healthmates.
<Example of implementation in FY2020>
- Lecture: "Basics of Japanese food"-About dashi-(Lecturer: Tsuneo Kondo, owner of Hamakaiseki Tsunetora)
- Exercise course: Locomo Preventive Exercise (Experience Lecturer: Eiko Shibata)
To act as a Hodogaya Ward Healthmate
After completing the Seminar on Training for Eating Habits, held by Hodogaya Ward Health and Welfare Center once a year, you can work as a health mate.
Seminar for dietary life improvement promotion members
Aiming to be a healthy and long-lived city, this course aims to learn a wide range of health-related information through experiences such as the importance of eating habits, lectures by lifestyle-related diseases prevention, cooking training, brushing teeth, exercise, etc. We look forward to your participation.
If you attend the seminar at least 8 times, you will be able to complete the course.
After completing the course, you can work as a healthmate by joining the Eating Habits Improvement Promotion Committee.
※The application for the 2023 seminar has been closed.
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For inquiries to this page
Hodogaya Ward Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section
Phone: 045-334-6344
Phone: 045-334-6344
Fax: 045-333-6309
Email address: ho-kenkou@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 128-606-824
