IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Understanding Sthoulya Through Nidan Panchak: An Analytical Ayurvedic Perspective

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Dr. Nagendra Singh Raghuwanshi, Dr. Topesh Pal, Dr. Amit Hardia

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The first aim of Ayurveda is prevention or maintenance of health for this purpose all acharyas explained multiple ways like dincharya, ritucharya, vyayam, yoga, Pathya pathya etc. Present Era is more challenged with various Lifestyle disorder. Sthoulya is one such Lifestyle disease. Many among the Indian people have started to rely upon the processed food, foods that contains a huge percent of transfer sugars and other unhealthy and artificial ingredients, and other habbits like lack of exercise, computer works, no outdoor games etc which causes sthouayata (obesity). Obesity is considered as the core of many diseases like Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension etc. In 2016 more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of these 650 million adults were obese. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. India is currently most susceptible country to the sthoulya due to food habbits and life style. Unfavourable modification of life style and food habbits that are associated with urbanization are believed to be the most important factors for the development of sthoulya. The prevalence of sthoulya is approximately twice in urban areas than in rural population.

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