Effect of Integrated Yoga Practices on Anthropometric Measures, Serum Lipid Profile and Oxidative Stress Status in Obese Adults

Balakrishna Shetty; Geetha B Shetty; Manjunath N K; Manjula Shantaram

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2017

Effect of Integrated Yoga Practices on Anthropometric Measures, Serum Lipid Profile and Oxidative Stress Status in Obese Adults

Balakrishna Shetty, Geetha B Shetty, Manjunath N K, Manjula Shantaram

Abstract :

Obesity is a chronic medical condition results from excess accumulation of fat producing adverse effect on health. A major cause of obesity was found to be improper lifestyle and stress, leading to excessive lipid peroxidation, indicating increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), generating oxidative stress. This study was undertaken to find out the effect of integrated yogic practices on anthropometric measures, serum lipid profile and oxidative stress in obese individuals. A total of 112 subjects (group average age in years, 29.81±3.10) with BMI, ≥25 to ≤40 were selected for the study for a single group pre–post trial. The subjects had undergone yogic intervention for one hour in the morning for three months. The changes in anthropometric measurements, serum lipid profile, serum total antioxidant capacity and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels as a marker of oxidative stress were estimated before and after three months of yoga therapy. The data obtained was verified for normal distribution and analysed using paired t–test for normally distributed data and Wilcoxon signed rank test for non–normally distributed data with SPSS (Version 20.0) package. Significant changes were observed in the body weight, BMI, waist circumference, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, total antioxidant capacity and MDA both in male and female subjects after yogic practices. The study demonstrates the efficacy of yogic practices on BMI, lipid profile and oxidative stress markers in patients with obesity and suggests that yogic practices may have therapeutic and protective effects on obesity by decreasing serum lipid profile and oxidative stress.