Impact of Yoga and Naturopathy Lifestyle Intervention on Obesity – A three arm study

Abstract

Background Obesity is described as an extra accumulation of adipose tissue. Obesity among adults overweight among children is the common clinical condition witnessed in day to day practice. Since 1980 there has been amplifying in the share of weight problems amongst adults obese amongst teenagers and adolescents. Hence Yoga and Naturopathy which positively have an effect on the pleasant of existence alongside with weight discount are viewed beneficial for sustained weight loss in folks with obesity. This learns about pursuits to verify the impact of Naturopathy interventions coupled with dietary adjustments and Yogic workout routines in weight problems and to display the function of Naturopathy and Yoga in the management of obesity.Subjects and Methods Ninety obese subjects with BMI Body Mass Index more than 30 kgm2 and not exceeding 40 kgm2 belonging to both genders Males 41 and Females 49 with age groups ranging from 21 to 35 years were randomly allocated into three different groups. Group 1 Yoga and Naturopathy intervention Subjects were taken from SDM Yoga and Nature cure Hospital Dharmasthala Group 2 Diet counselling subjects were taken from SDM Yoga and Naturopathy out Patient Department Ujire Group 3 control group subjects were students from residential hostel Ujire Karnataka for the study.The subjects were assessed for BMIWHR Waisthip ratio and body fat at the baseline and after 10 days of intervention.Results Paired sample t-test comparing ldquoPostrdquo with ldquoPrerdquo values showed a significant decrease in all the parameters within the experimental groups. One way Analysis of varianceANOVA showed a significant decrease in BMI in Naturopathy and Yoga intervention group. The Yoga and Naturopathy group has shown significant results with respect to improvement in BMI p lt0.001 Fat p lt0.001 WHR P lt0.01 Fat mass p lt0.05 Total body water TBW p lt0.001 BMR Basel Metabolic Rate p lt0.001. Whereas the Diet intervention group showed significant improvements in BMI p lt0.01 WHR P lt0.5 Fat p lt0.001 Fat mass p lt0.001 TBW p lt0.01 BMR p lt0.01. The control group did not show any significant changes in any of the parameters. The 10 days of intervention had a minimal significant reduction in the degree of Obesity.Conclusion Yoga and Naturopathy which is a drugless therapy and eating regimen counseling can be successfully used to decrease the issues in overweight individuals.