Making a foundation for health tourism - mapping of walking courses -

一般步行（GW）和北欧（股票）步行（NW）进行了穿着便携式遥测气体分析系统（K4B2）在森林环境中。 NW显示出比GW更多的能量消耗。 重复NW可改善患者的愉悦感和动脉硬化指数。 提示NW有利于预防和改善生活方式相关疾病。 我们在国际会议上发表了关于这些结果的演讲。我们还在大泷、定山溪和北海道大学地区的步行课程中测量了能量消耗，并制作了步行地图，这有助于居民和游客的健康促进活动。

General walking (GW) and Nordic (stock) walking (NW) were performed in a forest environment wearing a portable telemetric gas analysis system (K4b2). NW showed much more energy expenditure than GW. Feeling of pleasantness and arteriosclerosis index improved by repetitive NW. NW is suggested to be beneficial for prevention and amelioration of life style related diseases. We made a lecture concerning those results at the international congress.We also measured energy expenditure at the walking courses in Ootaki, Jozankei and Hokkaido university areas and made walking maps, which help health promoption activities for residents and vititors.