Abstract

A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL FOR THE EFFECT OF DIET AND YOGA IN STHAULYA (OBESITY)

*Vd. Poonam Vikram Dound, Vd. Shital O. Chavan and Vd. Yeshwant R. Patil

Abstract

Sthaulya (Obesity) occurs when people regularly eat and drink more calories than they use. Besides a person’s eating behavior, a number of factors can contribute to obesity, including a lack of physical activity, a lack of sleep, genetics and the use of certain medications that can cause weight gain or water retention, such as Corticosteroids, antidepressants. Health education, life-style or behaviour modification i.e. changing eating habits, increasing physical activity, exercise, dietary habits, behaviour modification, Yoga sadhana play the preventive as well as therapeutic part in the management of Obesity. 15 Subjects fulfilling the inclusion criteria are advised for lifestyle modification with diet and Yoga practices. It is seen that both change in diet and practicing yoga regularly is very effective in Obesity.

Keywords: Sthaulya, Obesity, BMI, Diet, Yoga, Asanas, Pranayama.