Obesity is accumulation of excess fat in the body which may lead to negative effects on health, reduced life expectancy and/or
CAUSES OF OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY
- Increased intake of energy-dense foods that are high in fat, carbohydrates
- Overeating and Irregular food habits
- Lack of Physical activities due to sedentary life style
- Genetics, endocrine disorders, Medical Reasons or Psychiatric illness
- Day – time sleeping
SYMPTOMS:
- Breathlessness even on little exertion / physical activity.
- Lack of interest in doing work.
- Profuse sweating with foul body odor.
- Excessive hunger.
- Feeling of tiredness.
- Excessive sleep.
DIAGNOSING OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY
Body Mass Index (BMI): Overweight and Obesity are assessed using Body Mass IndexØ (BMI). It is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his / her height in meters (kg/m2 ).
Obesity and being overweight can also make you more vulnerable to the Covid 19 pandemic too.
Ayurvedic view – Medovikara’ and ‘Sthoulya’.
Ayurveda says that the accumulated fat will block physiological channels and result in the vitiation of vata in the digestive system. The vata in turn causes imbalance of digestive fire and bouts of hunger. At the same time inability to convert the nutrients to energy (dhatu agni mandya) increases fat accumulation
Our treatment includes planned diet, yoga and other exercises, medications to balance the metabolism (agni) and hormones etc. If necessary, massages and other external treatments or panchakarma cleaning are also incorporated.