THE EFFECT OF SELECTED YOGA TECHNIQUES IN CENTRAL OBESITY DUE TO POSTPARTUM WEIGHT RETENTION
Abstract
The average weight change from preconception to the first year of postpartum and more is referred to as postpartum weight retention. The variability in postpartum weight change in 20% of women is 5kg or above than their preconception weight by 1year postpartum. Pregnancy has been associated with an increase in visceral fat stores and waist circumference with abdominal fat mass increasing. Usually 50% will revert to pre pregnancy weight but more than 25% retain 5kg or more weight in postpartum. The increased abdominal fat mass leads to abdominal obesity with an increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The selected yoga procedures were implemented as a routine for 3 months in a sample of 30 women under the age group 21-35 years with central obesity due to postpartum weight retention. The outcome variables BMI, Waist circumference, the waist-hip ratio were assessed on the 0th, 30th, 60th, and 90th day of the intervention. The data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA. The P-value obtained for BMI was<0.0001 which is considered extremely significant, P-value of waist circumference is <0.0001 considered extremely significant, the P-value for the waist-hip ratio is <0.0001 which is extremely significant proving that null hypothesis is rejected and alternate hypothesis which is being accepted here that is the selected yoga techniques had an effect in central obesity due to postpartum weight retention.
Key Words: Women health, postpartum weigh retention., BMI, yoga in obesity
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