Manuscript Title:

INTERMITTENT FASTING AND COMMON YOGA PROTOCOL: IMPACT ON BODY COMPOSITION IN OBESE POPULATIONS

Author:

RAHUL DEV CHOUDHURY, Dr. NEELAM K. SHARMA, BHARGAB DEV CHOUDHURY​

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/EJPA6

Published : 2021-09-10

About the author(s)

1. RAHUL DEV CHOUDHURY
2. Dr. NEELAM K. SHARMA
3. BHARGAB DEV CHOUDHURY​

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Abstract

The main intent of the study was to discover the variations in physiological parameters due to Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) and Intermittent Fasting (IF) among obese non-athlete people. In this present study, eighty obese non-athlete people (40 male and 40 female) are selected through convenient and snowball technique from Oil India Limited, Duliajan, Dibrugarh district. The age range of the selected subject was 35-45 years and distributed equally into four groups (CYP group, IF group, composite group, and Controlled group). The study was designed as consisting of a pre-test and post-test category. The subjects (n=20) in each group having an equal number of male and female subjects. The groups were named Common Yoga Protocol (CYP), Intermittent fasting group (IF), composite group (ComG), and control group (CG) in the same ways. The experimental groups have participated in the Common Yoga Protocol formulated by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Government of India, and most popular types of Intermittent Fasting i.e. Leangains Protocol (16/8) was followed for a period of eight weeks to discover the effect of the treatment. In this research four physiological variables (BMI, Body fat percentage, HbA1C, and TSH) were selected to understand the result. To better understand the result, Paired t-Test, histogram, Pie chart was done through the statistical analysis package (SPSS). It was noticed that the eight weeks of CYP and IF on the Obese population have significantly improved some selected physiological variables within eight weeks of treatment.


Keywords

BMI, Body Composition, Body fat percentage, Common Yoga Protocol, HbA1C, Intermittent Fasting, Obese, TSH.