“Diet changes” is a common popular phrase among developed countries. Many people already know that as globalization spread into those countries many people changed their life styles and their diet. People could access more new information and became educated about global warming and health problems. But there is a different movement occurring in Japan. People might think that All Japanese food is healthy and elderly people in japan have the longest life expectancy. But it might change in the future. After I learned about current diet problems in Japan I changed my prospect about my home country.
      The current problem of Japanese diet is that people are changing their dine style in a bad way. Especially it is happening in cities. In cities in Japan, many people have business or go to colleges to study. They are usually busy due to over work or part time jobs. Then they do not have so much time to prepare for meals themselves. Many of them are living in apartment alone, and especially many young people are not so rich. Therefore those people look for fast cheap foods and go to convenience stores to get one. It is easiest way because in most of the case those stores are located near where they live in. Besides, they can just buy them and eat at home relaxing.
      We understand that those people having a busy life usually get home with tired and might be sick of thinking to start cooking meals only for themselves. They rather prefer to spend rest of time on relaxing on a couch. But the point is while those foods help us save time they could not provide us enough nutrition. Those people are apt to have dinner at late night, and some young people skip a meal to save money. This life style changes might help lifestyle diseases like diabetes. Although the awareness of healthy diet is increasing, it is not clear if people actually care about their bodies.
      Convenience stores also notice demands and are increasing items fascinating them. They also care about people who are interested in healthy diet. So they put some healthier menus in line. It is a good movement because busy people could have more access to well-balanced menus so that they could improves their diet. 
     It could affect economics too. Many companies know that people’s lifestyle have changed and they have to create new products to survive among competitive food industry. But first they need to distinguish real demands of people. It might be hard because even though people have knowledge of healthy diet they do not always buy those products. Also well-balanced menus could be cost. But people search for more convenient meals which are fast to cook, not so expensive. Many companies need to find other competitive advantages to against a convenience store.
      In conclusion, since there are many effects occurred after Japanese lifestyle have changed, and we need to reconsider those people who tend to have poor menus for dinner. We should understand that they might be having a stressful life so that they could not care about their body. It might be hard to change their lifestyle. But if they could have more choices of healthy foods, they could spend healthier life. And we need to keep encouraging them improve their life style too.