Effects of high-rise living on physical and mental health of mothers and children

日本大城市的高层住宅最近不断增加，但高层生活对健康的影响一直知之甚少。最近儿童体力的下降可以部分归因于他们体育锻炼的减少。为了找出高层居住环境城市化可能参与儿童体力下降的问题，在东京某高层住宅区进行了问卷调查。主要研究结果如下：1.在过去的研究中观察到的高层儿童在建立基本日常习俗方面的延迟，通过大众传播教育母亲而得到恢复。健康相关行为和意识在母婴、高层与低层、高层与独立住房组之间存在差异。高层母亲的自我健康状况与其对生活环境的满意程度有关。母亲在婴儿期所处的环境对她成为母亲产生了影响，从而影响了养育孩子的方式和方式。城市生活中经常使用的电磁场的致癌作用是可能的，尽管还需要进一步的验证。

High-rise housing has recently been increasing in big cities in Japan, yet health effects of high-rise living has been poorly understood. Recent decrease in children's physical strength could be partly ascribed to the decrease in their physical exercise. To find the possible involvement of the urbanization of living environment as high-rise living in children's decrease in the physical strength, a questionnaire survey was conducted in a high-rise housing areas in Tokyo. Major findings were as follows ;1. Delay in the establishment of fundamental daily customs as observed among high-rise children in the past study was recovered by educating mothers through mass communication2. Health-related behaviors and consciousness were different between mother and child, between high-rise group and low-rise group, and high-rise housing group and detach housing group.3. High-rise mother's self perceived health condition was related to the extent of their satisfaction with their living environment.4. Circumstances under which mother was brought up in her infancy were influential in her establishment of motherhood, which affects the way and the style of child rearing.5. Carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic field frequently used in urbanized life could be possible, though requires further verification.