Yoga participation is beneficial to obesity prevention, hypertension control, and positive quality of life

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-113

  Guarracino, Joanna Lazos ^a   Savino, Susan ^a   Edelstein, Sari ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hatha; Mood; Obesity; Relaxation; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOTAL MOOD DISTURBANCE SCORE; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 33747468254     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008486-200604000-00006     Document Type: Article

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