Yoga Training in Middle Aged People Obesity and Hypertension

In the modern world the involvement of physical activity become less to execute

the daily routine work. It leads to less physical fitness and causes for variety of diseases.

This necessitates the human being to perform exercise daily to avoid the health related

problems. Exercise is the chief and best system to maintain good health. The exercise of

moderate intensity can be important for health benefits. People of both sex at all age

groups get benefit from regular exercise. Greater health benefits can be achieved by

increasing the intensity and frequency of exercise.

People have become lazy with the advent of modern home appliances. There is no

need for hard or even moderate physical work. This is a serious threat to the normal

function of our body and is the cause of modern day illness like heart attack, obesity and

diabetics. These diseases that were formerly found only among elderly person are now

common in the young and middle aged people. The people of this age are striving hard to

make their life easier. There is an increase in the mental stress and strain as never before.

People are mentally unhealthy and are unequipped to cope with present day problems.

Middle age is the stage of life when physical decline has started but a person

cannot be called old. Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is

around the third quarter of the average life span of human beings. According to Collins

Dictionary, this is usually considered to occur approximately between the age of 40 and

60. The US Census lists middle age as including both the age categories 35 to 44 and 45

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to 54. In this study 80 middle aged people, between the ages of 40 to 49 were selected as

subjects.