Life style analysis of yoga exercisers in comparison with the general population
Authors:
V. Čajka; E. Sovová 1; D. Pastucha 2; I. Benušová 2; P. Dupalová 2; E. Kudlová 2; K. Langová 3; D. Horáková 4; J. Zapletalová 4 5
Authors‘ workplace:
Ordinace praktického lékaře, Nový Malín
1; Fakultní nemocnice OlomoucKlinika tělovýchovného lékařství a kardiovaskulární rehabilitacePřednostka: doc. MUDr. Eliška Sovová, Ph. D., MBA
2; 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, PrahaÚstav hygieny a epidemiologiePřednosta: doc. MUDr. Milan Tuček, CSc.
3; Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého, OlomoucÚstav preventivního lékařstvíPřednostka: doc. MUDr. Helena Kollárová, Ph. D.
4; Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého, OlomoucÚstav lékařské biofyzikyPřednostka: prof. RNDr. Hana Kolářová, CSc.
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Prakt. Lék. 2013; 93(6): 260-263
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Of different specialties
Overview
Introduction.
Poor dietary and lifestyle habits significantly contribute to the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to survey the dietary and lifestyle habits associated with the risk factors in persons practicing yoga and compare them with those of the general population.
Subjects and methods.
This study consisted of two groups - yoga and general population (GP). The yoga group included 58 persons (17 males and 41 females, aged 26–68 years) who had been practicing yoga daily for at least two years according to the system of Yoga in Daily Life. The general population group included individuals who were selected from a General Practitioner’s surgery in Novy Malin in the Czech Republic to match the yoga group in age and sex. All subjects filled out a questionnaire regarding their dietary and lifestyle habits. The answers from both sample groups were analysed using a two-sample t-test and a Shapiro-Wilk test.
Results.
The Yoga group had significantly lower (p < 0.0001) BMI, consumption of red meat, white meat, fish, sausage, entrails, lard, eggs, white flour dumplings, canned and fried food, and coffee, as well as number of smokers and former smokers. The yoga group also had lower consumption of alcohol (p = 0.016). The yoga group had significantly higher (p < 0.0001) consumption of vegetables and exercised significantly more than the control group. The yoga group also had higher consumption of vegetables (p = 0.009) and whole grain bread (p = 0.014).
Conclusion.
Lifestyle and die-tary habits in persons who practice yoga daily contribute to lower risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.
Keywords:
lifestyle – diet – dietary habits – yoga – prevention
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