Intervention program
The LiSM10!® program was designed to promote healthy dietary habits
and physical activity. Participants had monthly individual contact with a well
trained dietitian and a physical trainer, both certified health counselors for
this program. Just after the baseline data collection, participants attended an
individual goal and action planning session, and at 1 and 2 months, they
reviewed their plans with counselors. The fourth counseling session, at the
end of the third month, was conducted through the website. The subjects
were encouraged to use the website personal page of the LiSM10!® (Nichirei
Foods Inc, Tokyo), and were required to enter their current weight, record
their practices as regards targeted food intake and physical activity, upload data from the computer-linkable pedometer and discuss awareness of their
lifestyles for self-monitoring throughout the intervention period. The data
obtained were automatically presented in figures on their individual website
pages. To support their efforts, the subject's family members and the
counselor could make comments and/or note their impressions of the data
on the self-monitoring page.