A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ATISTHOULAYA (OBESITY)- A BURNING PROBLEM IN WOMEN
Ankit Tyagi* and Uma B. Gopal
ABSTRACT
A healthy body is the only media to achieve the ultimate goal among
the chaturvidha purushartha(ch-sut-21/18-19). Susruta said that
madhayam sharira is best but Atisthula and ati-krisha always affected
with some health related complains.As per charka there are eight
varieties of impedements whicj are designated as Nindita purusha
amongst which atisthaulaya comprise one of them. Hence atistaukaya
(obesity). Methods: Study was conducted by using data from OPD of
SDM hospital recorded year of 2015, the patients which are already
diagnosed as obese on the basis of BMI recorded as per WHO
guidelines. Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the
prevalence rate of obesity in women and associated problems. Result:
In gender wise distribution Majority of patients 495 (61.5%) of obesity were females out of
804 and rest 38.5% are males. In age wise distribution It was noted that maximum
52.9%patients of obesity were from age group of 11-30 years and 34.5% patients were
belonging to age group of 31-50 years and minimum of 12.5 % were belonging to 51-70
years age group. Conclusion: Age: In this study, 52.9% of patients were belonged to the age
group of 11-30 years. The different surveys also say about the increased cases in this age
group. In modern texts, obesity is more prevalent in adolescent. The reason may be increased
consumption of junk foods and lack of physical activities. Gender: This study shows 61.5%
of the subjects were females. This indicates the incidence of sthoulya is more in female.
Obesity is becoming more prevalent and has wide ranging effects on a variety of women’s health issues. Clinicians should counsel all women about the broad negative effects of obesity
and the importance of controlling weight to prevent negative out comes.
Keywords: Women, Obesity, Metabolic diseases.
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