Open AccessMethodology of Niyantrita Madhumeha Bharata Abhiyaan- 2017, a nationwide multicentric trial on the effect of a validated culturally acceptable lifestyle intervention for primary prevention of diabetes: Part 2
Author(s) -
Raghuram Nagarathna,
S Rajesh,
S Amit,
Suchitra Patil,
Akshay Anand,
Hongasandra Ramarao Nagendra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_38_19
Subject(s) - prediabetes , medicine , randomized controlled trial , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , physical therapy , type 2 diabetes , nursing , endocrinology
The rapidly increasing diabetes burden, reaching epidemic proportions despite decades of efforts, reflects our failure to translate the proven evidence for prevention of diabetes. Yoga, with its holistic approach, alters the habituated patterns of lifestyles and behaviour. Motivated by the accumulating evidence, the Government of India funded a large randomized controlled trial.