Effect of Naturopathy and Yogic Intervention, Over 6 Years on Weight Management in a Patient with Obesity

Abstract

A 24-year-old unmarried female came to our Yoga and Nature Cure Hospital 6-year back in the month of June 2008. Our subject came with the complaint of increasing in body weight from the age of 14-year especially after appendectomy done in a private hospital. Within 4 years (at the age of 18 years), she reached a body weight of 101 kg from the baseline of 65 kg. She got admitted in our hospital and received integrated Naturopathy treatment (90-120-min/day) and Yoga (60-min/day) for the period of 15 day. Her weight reduced from 101-kg to 94.9-kg on 15 th day, and she was discharged from the hospital. She was maintaining her weight (94.9-kg) for the period of 2-year. In the years 2010, 2012 and 2014 she got admitted in our hospital. The period was 10-day at each time for further weight reduction. We assessed weight and body mass index before and after the admissions in hospital. There were gradual reductions in weight which showed the changes in World Health Organization's (WHO) obesity classification grading from class-II obesity in 2008 to class-I obesity in 2010. There were no changes in 2012. In 2014, the grade of class-I obesity was changed to overweight or preobese. The results in this case suggest that Naturopathy and Yoga intervention can be effective in treating obesity. Despite this encouraging result, further case series and a larger sample size in prospective study are necessary as a rational follow-up of this case report.