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Sawada Lab
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A lab that uses epidemiological methods to test the relationship between sport and health.
AboutAbout the lab
Finding answers about the link between sport and health.
Sawada Lab (Sports Epidemiology Lab) addresses issues in populations of people involved in sport.
Epidemiology is a practical discipline that infers causes and effects through scientific comparison and finds ways to improve problems.
The lab has compared people with high and low fitness, and people who are and are not physically active, to examine their relationships with health and longevity.
Recently, it has also taken on questions about how watching sports and the Olympics relate to people's happiness.
Key terms
- Epidemiology
- A discipline that scientifically investigates how health-related events occur in human populations and what causes them.
- Physical activity
- All bodily movement, including not only exercise but also housework and getting around.
- Evidence
- Scientific grounds obtained from research that serve as a basis for judgment.
ResearchResearch themes
Using epidemiological research methods, the lab provides scientific evidence for improving issues in populations of people involved in sport. It brings the idea of "scientific comparison," which developed in medicine, into sport sciences.
*Illustrative imageFitness, Physical Activity, and Health
By comparing people with high and low fitness, and people who do and do not practice physical activity, the lab has shown which group lives longer and is less likely to develop disease.
*Illustrative imageBuilding Evidence for Health Policy
The lab's findings are cited as evidence in creating documents such as the Physical Activity and Exercise Guide for Health Promotion issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
*Illustrative imageSport, Happiness, and Vitality
Do the Olympics contribute to national happiness? Does watching sports make people feel more energized? The lab also seeks answers to questions that were hard to tackle because the mechanisms involved are complex.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSusumu Sawada
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Snow-cholera-map” after John Snow / Public domain (cropped)
- Fitness, Physical Activity, and Health: “Walking through St James's Park - geograph.org.uk - 2577352” Peter Shimmon / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Building Evidence for Health Policy: “Sumiyoshitaisha Station, stairs” ほっきー / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sport, Happiness, and Vitality: “Blue Tip Up Stadium Seats Face On” SEBCLEM13 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nakamura Lab): “Mortlake, Footpath and trees, Palewell Park - geograph.org.uk - 3427351” Dr Neil Clifton / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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