フレイル

ふれいる
noun
frailty (in old age)
medicalhealth
1. frailty (in old age)
In geriatric medicine, the stage between good health and needing care, marked by weaker muscles, less energy and less activity. It can often be reversed.
高齢者(こうれいしゃ)のフレイルを予防(よぼう)する。
To prevent frailty in older people.
運動(うんどう)不足(ぶそく)はフレイルにつながる。
Lack of exercise leads to frailty.
フレイルの段階(だんかい)で気(き)づけば、食事(しょくじ)や運動(うんどう)で健康(けんこう)な状態(じょうたい)に戻(もど)ることもできる。
If frailty is noticed early, diet and exercise can sometimes restore good health.

Usage

From English "frailty." The Japan Geriatrics Society proposed the term in 2014, and it is now common in health campaigns and local-government leaflets for older people.

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Related: 介護(かいご) (nursing care)
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