PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method allowing accurate evaluation of various physical conditions, a method for presenting information utilizing the method, and a method of screening for a substance for improving or preventing physical conditions.SOLUTION: A method for evaluating a physical condition of a subject comprises the steps of: determining a value of a skin flora collected from a skin surface of the subject, about the abundance of skin commensal microorganisms on the skin surface or a parameter based on the abundance whose correlation criterion with the physical condition has been created and then comparing the value with the correlation criterion.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】種々の身体状態を的確に評価可能な方法、当該方法を利用した情報の提示方法、および身体状態を改善又は予防する物質のスクリーニング方法を提供すること。【解決手段】被験者の身体状態を評価する方法は、前記身体状態との相関性基準が作成済みである、皮膚表面の皮膚常在微生物の存在割合又は前記存在割合に基づくパラメータについて、被験者の皮膚表面から採取した皮膚微生物叢の値を決定し、前記相関性基準と対比する工程を有する。【選択図】なし
