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Effect of lifestyle intervention in Type II diabetes

Introduction and Aim: Sedentary habits, unhealthy dietary patterns and psychological stress are the major potential problems for the advancements of a various life style disorders like Diabetes mellitus. Yoga is a lifestyle intervention, an effort to keep the condition under control and ameliorate overall quality of life. The idea of this research study among Type II diabetics is to assess the effectiveness of metabolic control with life style intervention (yoga) for 6 months.
 
Materials and Methods: 200 subjects aged 30–60 years of either gender recently diagnosed with Type II diabetes were randomized into 4 groups and were given 6 months intervention which included supervised regular yoga practice, diet and educational sessions. Weight, BMI, glucose, HbA1c, Insulin and lipid profile were measured before commencement, and after 6 months of the intervention. The statistical methods‘t’ test and ANOVA were applied to assess the “mean and difference” at p value 0.05.
 
Results: Alterations in the life style of Type II diabetics with the intervention of  yoga, diet and educational sessions showed a significant profitable impact on weight, BMI, fasting glucose,  insulin, HbA1c, and lipid profile.
 
Conclusion: Short term interventions produced positive modest changes in metabolic control. These lifestyle modifications with the intervention of yoga and diet counselling is effective in the management of  weight loss, glycemic control, plasma  Insulin and lipid profile levels which on longer duration may yield a better effective result along with constant motivation.