PDF/月刊誌論文/code:pg_1107_09 マテリアル インテグレーション 2011年7月号
MATERIALS INTEGRATION 進化と深化をはじめた機能性食品の世界(1)

高齢社会の課題解決研究フィールドを目指するもいコホートピアの取り組み
■著者
札幌医科大学医学部フロンティア医学研究所病態情報学分野 教授 小海　康夫

■要約
Many developed countries face a rapid increase of aged people. The speed of aging is more than expected or scheduled, raising many issues in our life. On the other hand, rapid increase of aging people parallels decrease of new born babies, which results in decrease of working people and over all habitancy. Japan has become a leading country for the number of aged people and keeps the top rank of longest generation in the world. This directly links to the reduction of production of heavy industrial products and has suggested paradigm shift from old industrial country to a new style with sustainable life style. Since Japan is a leader for aging country, we have to solve issues in aging society by ourselves. We are requested for the solution in aging life, meaning that we have become a top runner in this particular situation. Many matters in the actual life have been optimized for virile ages and have hampered a sustainable life for aged people. Nonetheless, we have to change structures of our society for aged people. The issues with aged people may be a target for the innovation or, in other words, a new paradigm for the near future of human being. We have being trying to establish open field for geriatric science in Rumoi city, Hokkaido. In this brief paper, we introduce you a summary of our activity in Rumoi city. The concepts of Rumoi Cohortopia, a pet name of this activity, are1. Open filed for research in any field dealing with health.\\2. Local members of Rumoi Cohortopia guide to facilitate research in the City.3. Visit of Rumoi City to learn about ``what is Rumoi Cohortopia" is just welcome.