Effects of Asthanga Yoga & Dietary Program on Physical and Mental well being of Under Graduate Students

Introduction: Sedantary life style among undergraduate medical students is leading to non communicable diseases like under nutrition and over nutrition (obesity), common mental disorders including stress and anxiety. Prevalence of non communicable and mental illness in India is 9.3-23.0%. Sedentary behaviour, primarily assessed as time spent viewing mobile phones, and electronic devices increases risk for overweight and obesity in students. The sedantary time spend by students is an average of 6 and 8 hours per day. The activities with these devices have further increased due to Covid -19 online classes increasing the usage time further. Yoga increases awareness, which often leads practitioners to start making changes in every part of their lives. Methods: Formation of an IP (Inter Professional) team and developing Yoga module and nutritional diet chart module. After developing online modules, zoom online Yoga sessions were implemented. The sample size selected was 60 MBBS Students, out of which 30 were considered under test and 30 students under control. Students under case study have received Yoga module with dietary program. Students under control have received Yoga module without dietary program. Asthanga yoga zoom online classes were conducted. The session lasted for 1 hour. Four such sessions per week were conducted for one and half months (6 weeks). Each session comprised of forty minutes of Yoga Asanas (postures), ten minutes of Pranayama (breathing exercises), and ten minutes of Meditation. The sessions were video recorded. RESULTs: The interprofessional team was formed and the Yoga and nutritional modules were developed and validated. After study results were statistically analysed. Following the Yoga sessions and nutritional intervention, the parameters have shown significant P value interpreting the intervention has helped. Chi square test determined that the difference in the proportion of pre- and post sessions were statistically significant, X2 (1) = 13.25, p < .0005. Conclusion: The study intends to educate the students regarding effects of Asthanga Yoga & dietary program on physical and mental well being. It brings about improved quality of life individually and knowledge gained thus helps during medical practice. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research) is the property of Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)