Measuring impact of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama for management of child obesity in India

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Goraven_US
dc.contributor.authorMonga, Guneeten_US
dc.contributor.authorGothi, Nileshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:43:13Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:43:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Obesity is fast becoming the developed world's greatest health problem. Moreover, childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased over few years. It is caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized.Methods: The current paper analyses the impact of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama on management of child obesity. For this purpose, a group of 120 respondents were selected for a 4-month program to measure that whether the program can improve their living standards or not.Results: The result revealed positive impact on the obesity of the participants, further the variables of their medical condition and living standards improvement is identified.Conclusions: One variable Rate_yoga_1 is predicting the Overall_quality of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama. Further, four variables medi_conImp_3, medi_conImp_2, medi_conImp_5 and medi_conImp_4 are predicting the medical condition improvement under session of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama, and two variables Livi_stanimpr_4 and Livi_stanimpr_3 are predicting the living standard improvement under session of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsFaculty of Yoga, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Gorav, Monga Guneet, Gothi Nilesh. Measuring impact of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama for management of child obesity in India. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2019 Mar; 6(2): 352-357en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/203934
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20190049en_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectPranayamaen_US
dc.subjectSurya Namaskaren_US
dc.titleMeasuring impact of Surya Namaskar and Pranayama for management of child obesity in Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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