SAMURAI DIET? 2007,10,15, Monday author : shim 日本に関するニュースを海外メディアのサイトで探していると、ABCNewsでおもしろい記事をみつけました。 Japanese officials embark on 'samurai' diet(Posted Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:38am) Overweight local government officials in Japan have slimmed down with a three-month 'samurai' diet, soldiering on despite a fellow samurai's death. The Mayor of the city of Ise in west Japan and six officials joined forces as the Seven Metabolic Samurai, after Akira Kurosawa's SevenSamurai movie, to fight the so-called metabolic syndrome - excess belly fat, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. The program took an unexpected and unfortunate turn when one of the samurai, a 47-year-old city official, died in August from heart failure while he was jogging. But the remaining samurai continued with the plan, which involved eating healthy food and exercising. When the program ended on Thursday, Mayor Takao Morishita had shed 5.6 kilograms and trimmed his waistline by 5 centimetres to 85 centimetres. At least two other officials also succeeded with the diet, while the city is waiting to hear results from the others. 日本語訳は▽続きをクリック。 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ▼続きはこちらをクリック▼ | 海外ニュース | 01:23 PM | comments (x) | trackback (x) | PAGE TOP ↑