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Chandigarh, Aug 10 (UNI) Concerned over the increasing
prevalence of obesity, an NGO,
Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO), was launched here
today.
Buzz up!The NGO would be committed to bring awareness about
obesity and initiating measures to
control it, Dr Navin C Raina, Laparoscopic Surgeon at Fortis
Hospital here said at the launch
of the ASO.
Punjab Advocate General H S Mattewal, speaking on the occasion,
stressed the need for
recognising obesity as a disease and expressed hope that punjab
government and ASO
would work together for the control of the disease widespread in
the region.
He announced that Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal had
sanctioned a donation of Rs twolakh from his discretionary fund to
the study of obesity.
Dr Raina, who is also co-ordinator of the association said, ''If
the trend of the emerging
figures on obesity prevalence particularly in the Urban
population remains unchecked, India
would shortly be the Diabetes capital of the world with
estimated 84 per cent of the
population living in urban areas as against 61.1 per cent in the
rest of the world by 2025." Dr
Raina said the ASO had adopted the tri-city where it would begin
to work, shortly. The
organisation would also launch ASO Obesity Website for free
registration and counselling of
obese patients, Dr Raina informed.
The association would also help to spread awarenes that with
addition of one kg weight over
the estimated normal, the risk of cardio-vascular
diseaseincreases by 3.1 per cent and with
reduction of one kg, survival increases by 3-4 months, he
said.
"Also with reduction of 10 kgs weight the fasting blood sugar is
expected to fall by 30-50 per
cent with 90 per cent reduction in Angina (chest pain due to
heart ischemia), 10-20 per cent
reduction in Blood Pressure
and finally decrease in overall mortality by 20-25 per cent," he
added.
Talking about childhood obesity, Dr Raina pointed out that
scientific evidencesuggest that the process of thickening of blood
vessels (atherosclerosis) startswhen one is young.
"Obesity in childhood adds to the process and diabetes appears
early. Besidesgenetic playing some role, it is often the type and
quantity of food consumed bychildren, automated transport and
passive leisure pursuits which contribute tochildhood obesity," he
said.
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He said that in a study conducted to assess prevalence of
obesity amongstaffluent adolescent school children in Amritsar, out
of 640 children evaluated theprevalence of overweight and obesity
amongst them was found to be high, andeven higher than some
industrialised countries.
Alternatives
Weight loss is not a modern phenomenon as obesity issues are as
old as human beings. Above themany number of diet pills, exercise
regimes and diet plans for weight loss that have been developedin
the modern times, lots of complementary and alternatives for weight
loss have been inexistencefor centuries. Though they may vary from
the modern approaches of weight loss treatment
alternatives have been found to be effective in fighting the
obesity menace.
Alternatives for weight loss cover a broad range of healing
philosophies, approaches, and therapies
that mainstream conventional medicine does not commonly use,
accept, study, understand, ormake available. Many of these
alternatives that include the use of acupuncture, herbs,
homeopathy,therapeutic massage, and other traditional oriental
medicines have become very popular in therecent past.
These alternatives may be used alone, with the combination of
other therapies or as complementarytreatment to other standard
treatment for weight loss.
Types of Alternatives:
There are many weight loss alternatives that have been in used
for quite a long period of time thatthere won't be enough space to
talk about them here. Yoga, with its origin in India is one of
themost popular and holistic treatment for weight loss. Here are
some basic facts about Yoga with
relation to weight loss.
Yoga & Weight Loss
Yoga is the oldest physical culture known to man, as it works
both with your physic and yourpsyche, body and soul. For successful
weight loss, you can trespass those gimmicks availableeverywhere
and focus on this old way of life.
Yoga has many effective yet easy body poses and principles to
achieve weight loss. Given below are
some basic Yoga poses for weight loss:
The Sun Salutations for Weight Loss:
These Yogic Poses are a generous combination of Breathing
Exercises, Sun Bathing and Prayer;
Technique:
1. Stand straight with the palms together as in a prayer
position.2. Inhale and stretch the arms above the head.3. Exhale
and bend forward while touching the toes.4. Inhale and stretch the
right leg away from the body in a big backward step and keep
the
hands and left foot firmly on the ground. Bending the head
backward the left knee shouldbe between the hands.
5. Inhale and hold the breath. Move the left leg from the body
and, keeping both feet togetherand the knees of the floor, rest on
the hands (arms straight) and keep the body in a
straight line from head to foot.
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6. Exhale and lower the body to the floor. In this position,
only 8 portions of the body come incontact with the floor: the two
feet, two knees, two hands, chest and forehead.
7. Inhale and bend back as much as possible bending the spine to
the maximum.8. Exhale and lift the body of the floor. Keep the feet
and heels on the floor.
9. Inhale and bring the right foot along the level of the hands;
left foot and knee should touchthe ground. Look up, bending the
spine slightly (same position as #4)
10. Exhale and bring the left leg forward. Keep the knees
straight and bring the head down to
the knees as in the third position.11. Raise the arms overhead
and bend backward inhaling. (As in Position 2)12. Exhale and drop
the arms and relax.
These 12 steps together form one round. You can go on repeating
it for a minimum 6 times and goup to a maximum of 30 times.
These Yogic poses give you the following benefits:
Lessen disorders of the skin and waist.
Burn calories, reduce weight and controls depression.
Loosen up, stretch and massage all joints and internal organs of
the body.
Stimulate and balance entire body systems including the
endocrine, circulatory,
reproductive and digestive system.
here are other alternative treatments for weight loss other
Yoga. It is up to you to choose thetreatment that is most
comfortable to you.
