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Yoga & Treating Obesity
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 23:55.Obesity is an escalating problem in the United States and most of the
Western world. The ancient Eastern practice of yoga is now being
introduced to help treat obesity. According to two National Health and
Nutrition Examination (NHANE) Surveys conducted by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(the CDC), the rate of obesity among adults has more than doubled in
the last thirty years; for children, the rate of those who are
overweight has tripled. Obesity is variously categorized as a disease,
