Obesity is a common lifestyle condition affecting the majority of people who lead a sedentary lifestyle and high consumption of fast junk foods with low nutrient value. An individual is considered as obese when the excess fat accumulation affects the persons vital body functioning and longevity, circulatory system, respiratory system, and skeletal system. An individual fall into obese when his/her BMI is more than 30. BMI is known as the Body Mass Index that defines the ideal weight of an individual depending on their height and weight. Obese individuals are at high risk of developing more complications that can leads to serious health issues including high cholesterol and triglycerides, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, stroke, cancer of various organs in the body, sleep disorders, depression, gallbladder disease and infertility.

Causes

• High caloric food intake
•  Sedentary lifestyle
• Genetic factor
•  Hormonal
• Stress.

Ayurvedic treatment for Weight Loss

• Lifestyle modifications
• Dietplaning
• Yoga And pranayama
• Internal medication
• shodhana