Mooventhan A, Nivethitha L, Kahlil Subramanian K, Manavalan N
Adv Mind Body Med. 2025;39(2):4-8.
Obesity increases the risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hepatic steatosis, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc. Unhealthy food habits and lack of physical activity play an important role in obesity. Yoga and naturopathy provide holistic and individualized care to treat the disease by promoting the innate self-healing capacity and thus may be beneficial in obesity management.
This study aimed to assess the impact of a residential yoga and naturopathy intervention on weight and other cardiovascular risk factors in patients with obesity.
A retrospective study design was adopted in which data between August 2019 and October 2022 were screened from hospital inpatient records and 452 eligible patients' data were included. Subjects received a residential yoga and naturopathy intervention. Their baseline and post-intervention parameters were extracted and data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.
A significant reduction was observed in weight, body mass index, hip circumference, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, mid-arm circumference, mid-thigh circumference, blood pressure, pulse rate, mean arterial pressure, rate pressure product, double product, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and perceived stress scale score after yoga and naturopathy intervention. However, no significant changes were noticed in postprandial blood glucose levels in the post-test compared to the pre-test assessments.
Residential yoga and naturopathy intervention have a potential therapeutic impact in reducing weight and its associated cardiovascular risk factors in patients with obesity. However, prospective randomized controlled trials are recommended to validate the study findings.
肥胖会增加患2型糖尿病（T2DM）、肝脂肪变性、心血管疾病、癌症等疾病的风险。不健康的饮食习惯和缺乏体育活动在肥胖中起着重要作用。瑜伽和自然疗法通过促进内在的自我修复能力提供整体和个性化的护理，因此可能对肥胖管理有益。
本研究旨在评估住院瑜伽和自然疗法干预对肥胖患者体重及其他心血管危险因素的影响。
采用回顾性研究设计，从医院住院记录中筛选2019年8月至2022年10月的数据，纳入452例符合条件患者的数据。受试者接受住院瑜伽和自然疗法干预。提取他们的基线和干预后参数，并使用Wilcoxon符号秩检验分析数据。
瑜伽和自然疗法干预后，体重、体重指数、臀围、腰围、腰臀比、上臂围、大腿围、血压、脉搏率、平均动脉压、率压乘积、双乘积、空腹血糖、总胆固醇和感知压力量表评分均显著降低。然而，与测试前评估相比，测试后餐后血糖水平没有显著变化。
住院瑜伽和自然疗法干预对肥胖患者减轻体重及其相关心血管危险因素具有潜在的治疗作用。然而，建议进行前瞻性随机对照试验以验证研究结果。
