SEATTLE, Aug. 14, 2009 (UPI) -- Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people, and over-weight people may drop a few pounds, U.S. researchers said. Alan Kristal and his colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said in an earlier study, the researchers learned middle-age people who practice yoga gained less weight over a ten year period than those who did not -- independent of physical activity and dietary patterns. The follow-up study, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, found people who ate mindfully... More>>The Dharma, sutras, and commentarial interpretations of interest to American Buddhists of all traditions with news that not only informs but transforms. Emphasis on meditation, enlightenment, karma, social evolution, and nonharming. (To contact us, leave a comment marked "private").
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Science on weight, yoga, and mindfulness
SEATTLE, Aug. 14, 2009 (UPI) -- Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people, and over-weight people may drop a few pounds, U.S. researchers said. Alan Kristal and his colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said in an earlier study, the researchers learned middle-age people who practice yoga gained less weight over a ten year period than those who did not -- independent of physical activity and dietary patterns. The follow-up study, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, found people who ate mindfully... More>>