Irony—The Biggest Solution to Obesity is the Most Sedentary of All Human Activities
Abstract
Nowadays lifestyle disorders accounts for a major share of mortality and morbidity. Obesity or Atisthoulya—the prime culprit behind the scene—is contributed by so many adverse lifestyle changes including improper sleep. The aim of the present study was to review aspects regarding sleep and obesity in all the classical Ayurvedic texts as well as modern medical text books, also to enquire the relationship between obesity and cycle of sleep and to propose suggestions regarding lifestyle management of obesity in people by giving special importance to sleep patterns. Information regarding sleep deprivation symptoms and body mass index (BMI) were collected from randomly selected 300 subjects using a questionnaire. After statistical analysis an inverse relation between sleep and sthoulya (obesity) was observed. Since the prevalence of circadian rhythm sleep disorders in the general population is unknown.
Keywords: nidra, sleep, nidrarodha, divaswapna (daytime sleep), atisthoulya
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Bhaskaran B. Irony—The Biggest Solution to Obesity is the Most Sedentary of All Human Activities. Research and Reviews: A Journal of Ayurvedic Science, Yoga and Naturopathy. 2016; 3(3): 25–28p.
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