Understanding the attributes and associations of obesity with reference to some of the ancient yoga texts
PB Rshikesan and Pailoor Subramanya
Background: Problem of obesity is rapidly growing worldwide. Obesity is the prime cause for several non-communicable diseases. It is a multi-factorial disease and the treatment in the modern medicine has many side effects. Hence more research is desired for prevention and control of obesity within the complementary and alternative systems of medicine.
Aim: To find out the references of obesity in the ancient Indian yoga texts.
PB Rshikesan, Pailoor Subramanya. Understanding the attributes and associations of obesity with reference to some of the ancient yoga texts. Int J Sanskrit Res 2018;4(3):139-145.