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日本体育厅最新调查显示，30至40岁女性的体力在过去25年呈下降趋势，而60至70岁人群有所提升。文章结合运动频率、俱乐部参与和时间限制，分析为何“最忙碌的年龄”可能更难保持运动习惯。

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Japan’s newest national fitness survey has found a clear age gap. Fitness rose over 25 years among people in their 60s and 70s, but fell among women in their 30s and 40s. Men in their 40s also showed a recent decline. The finding matters because these are often the busiest years for work and family care.

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日本最新的全国体力调查发现了明显的年龄差异。过去25年，60多岁和70多岁人群的体力有所提高，但30多岁和40多岁女性的体力有所下降。40多岁男性近期也出现下降。这个发现很重要，因为这些年龄段往往正值工作和照顾家庭最忙碌的时期。

The Japan Sports Agency has run the survey every year since 1964. The latest study covered people aged 6 to 79. It received answers and test results from 60,213 people, or 81.2 percent of the planned sample. Adults completed activities such as grip strength, sit-ups, side steps, a walking or shuttle-run test, and a standing long jump.

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日本体育厅自1964年以来每年开展这项调查。最新研究涵盖6至79岁人群，共收到60,213人的问卷和测试结果，占计划样本的81.2%。成年人完成了握力、仰卧起坐、反复横跳、步行或折返跑测试以及立定跳远等项目。

To compare long-term change, researchers set the 2001 fitness score at 100. In 2025, the score for women in their 30s was 96.3, while that for women in their 40s was 93.6. The score for men in their 40s was 98.8. Yet women in their 60s reached 118.2, and those in their 70s reached 114.7. So age itself cannot explain the whole pattern. These numbers compare each age group with people of the same age in 2001. They do not say that older adults are stronger than younger adults. Instead, they show how performance within each stage of life has changed.

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为比较长期变化，研究人员把2001年的体力得分设为100。2025年，30多岁女性的得分为96.3，40多岁女性为93.6；40多岁男性为98.8。相比之下，60多岁女性达到118.2，70多岁女性达到114.7。因此，仅凭年龄无法解释整个变化模式。这些数字是将各年龄组与2001年同龄人比较，并不是说老年人比年轻人更强，而是说明人生各阶段内部的表现发生了怎样的变化。

Exercise opportunity offers one possible explanation. Among women aged 35 to 39, the share exercising at least once a week fell from about 40 percent to about 30 percent over the 25-year period. Women in their 30s and 40s also had low rates of sports club membership. Across every age group, people who belonged to a sports club had higher fitness scores than those who did not.

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运动机会提供了一种可能的解释。在35至39岁女性中，每周至少运动一次的比例在25年间从约40%降至约30%。30多岁和40多岁女性加入体育俱乐部的比例也较低。在所有年龄组中，体育俱乐部成员的体力得分都高于非成员。

However, the survey does not prove that missing a club causes lower fitness. Time, income, health, work hours, housework and child care may all influence both exercise and test results. An expert quoted by Japanese media said some women want to exercise but cannot find the time because they carry more family duties. This makes fitness not only a question of personal choice.

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但是，调查并不能证明不参加俱乐部会导致体力较低。时间、收入、健康、工作时长、家务和育儿都可能同时影响运动和测试结果。一位接受日本媒体采访的专家表示，一些女性想运动，却因承担更多家庭事务而找不到时间。这说明体力并不只是个人选择的问题。

The Sports Agency plans to support workplace exercise and open more nearby public facilities. It also wants more group programs for women and better support during pregnancy and after childbirth. These measures reflect the survey’s main lesson: telling busy adults to “try harder” may not be enough. If time and access are the real barriers, exercise must fit into daily life rather than compete with it.

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日本体育厅计划支持职场运动，并开放更多附近的公共设施。它还希望增加面向女性的团体项目，并在孕期和产后提供更好的支持。这些措施体现了调查的主要启示：仅仅让忙碌的成年人“再努力一点”可能还不够。如果时间和可及性才是真正的障碍，运动就必须融入日常生活，而不是与日常生活争夺时间。

新闻来源

• Japan Sports Agency: 令和7年度体力・運動能力調査の結果について
• FNN Prime Online: 働き盛りの体力低下傾向　運動機会の減少が原因か
• News On Japan: Physical Fitness Declines Among Japanese Women in Their 30s and 40s

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