Can Yoga Be Instrumental In Weight Loss?

Yoga and Obesity

Obesity has risen to epidemic levels in the U.S. The figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 65 percent of U.S. adults (about 129.6 million people) are either overweight or obese.Nearly 14 percent of British youngsters are clinically obese. The cost of obesity to the NHS in UK is about £ 1 billion a year. By 2010 the number of overweight and obese youngsters in the European Union nations is expected to hit 26 million. An estimated 20,000 obese youngsters will have type 2 diabetes as per another report.

Obesity put strain on heart, respiratory and eliminatory system. It also increases the chances of diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. Generally it is seen that obese people are also lower in vitality.

**One would have to be living under a rock to not know that obesity is on the rise and that it kills!

Surely the benefits of any exercise, not just yoga, is apparent to anyone who can hear and see?

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