Therapeutic Effect Of Yoga In Management Of Overweight And Obesity.

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Vol. 14 No. 03 (2026): July-Sept | AYURLOG: NJ-RAS

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Rajendra Vinayak Patil
Bhaisaheb Sawant Ayurved College,Sawantwadi,Maharashtra

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Sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga have emerged since ancient time and both were developed and practiced in similar circumstances with similar objective in the same land. Today, Yoga has become more popular because of its potential to rejuvenate body-mind complex. According to ecological approach, disease is nothing but a mal-adjustment of human being to his environment. The disruption in environment brings about lifestyle disorders. The sedentary lifestyle of today’s era leads to the non-communicable epidemic of overweight and Sthaulya (obesity). Overweight is the most hazardous factor found in modern society and is a complex disorder of the modern world. Obesity is emerged as the most prevalent sedentary lifestyle disorder in urban society. Excessive body weight is associated with various diseases particularly cardiovascular diseases, Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, osteoarthritis etc. Yoga offers natural and effective lifestyle modification therapy without harmful side effects in overweight and obese persons through its some principals. Some effort should be done to control and manage obesity with proper diet, therapy of sukshama vyayam techniques (Loosening Exercises), nadishodhana pranayama, Yogic shuddhikriya (cleansing process) i.e. Kapalbhati, and positive thinking. It is an effective lifestyle intervention skill. Hence to prevent this smoldering problem of present era the Yoga offers the lifestyle modifying, time effective, free of cost, objective therapy in overweight and obesity.

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Patil, R. V. (2026). Therapeutic Effect Of Yoga In Management Of Overweight And Obesity. Ayurlog: National Journal of Research in Ayurved Science, 14(03). https://doi.org/10.52482/ayurlog.v14i03.1361
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