Open AccessYoga: Managing overweight in mid-life T2DM
Author(s) -
Ashwini Sham Tikhe,
Pailoor Subramanya,
Kashinath Metri,
Tikhe Sham Ganpat,
Nagendra Hongasandra Ramarao
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.158959
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , medicine , obesity , basal metabolic rate , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , wilcoxon signed rank test , gerontology , endocrinology , mann–whitney u test
The dramatic rise in the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased mortality, morbidity as well as public health care expenses worldwide. Previous research suggests that yoga holds promise for obesity and T2DM management.