Yoga being the age-old Indian method of healthy life is very effective in
reducing fat in human beings. Keeping in view the benefits of Yoga in maintaining
health and fitness present research work has been conducted on 30 obese females of
30 to 40 years of age group. These females had a BMI higher than the normal range of 18
to 25. for this cross-sectional study all subjects were randomly divided into two
groups. control and experimental group. these groups were further evaluated as pre
and post-experimental groups to check the effect of Suryanamaskar and Pranayama on
obesity. Parameters taken for the study were height(cm), weight(kg), BMI, and % body fat
with brozec equation. results obtained showed that height has no statistical difference
in control vs experimental groups and in pre and post-experimental groups because
height is not a changeable variable. in the case of weight (kg), BMI, the sum of four skin folds, and % body fat results obtained showed statistically nonsignificant differences in
experimental and control groups on day 1. When the results of these variables were
statistically evaluated before and after the experiment statistically significant
differences were obtained in the sum of four skin folds, and % body fat whereas in the case of the BMI
variable non significant differences were obtained. these findings showed firstly that
BMI is not a true factor to check loss in % body fat. because it may be that weight
reduction due to fat loss was compensated by weight gain due to muscle mass, which is
an indicator of good health. secondly, Yoga is the perfect way to reduce % body fat
and inch loss and gain good muscle weight. This study showed that yoga has
additional benefits of good mental health too. this study can further be extended to
males also.
