Journal
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 45, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101472
Keywords
Diet; Gateway effect; Stress; Yoga
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Complementary and Integrative Health [R34-AT007197]
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [T32 HL076134]
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Yoga intervention has shown significant impact on stress, dietary patterns, and body mass index. Further research is needed to understand how yoga may either encourage or adversely impact healthy dietary patterns.
Background and Purpose: Stress contributes to dietary patterns that impede health. Yoga is an integrative stress management approach associated with improved dietary patterns in burgeoning research. Yet, no research has examined change in dietary patterns, body mass index (BMI), and stress during a yoga intervention among stressed adults with poor diet. Materials and methods: Objectively-measured BMI and a battery of self-report questionnaires were collected at four time points during and following a 12-week yoga intervention (N = 78, 71% women, mean BMI = 25.69 kg/ m2 +/- 4.59) - pre-treatment (T1), mid-treatment (6 weeks; T2), post-treatment (12 weeks; T3), and at 3-month follow-up (24 weeks; T4). Results: T1 to T3 fruit and vegetable intake, BMI, and stress significantly declined in the overall sample. Reduction in vegetable intake was no longer significant after accounting for reductions in caloric intake, and reduction in caloric intake remained significant after accounting for reductions in stress. Conclusion: Findings may be interpreted as yoga either encouraging or adversely impacting healthy dietary patterns (i.e., minimizing likelihood of future weight gain vs. decreasing vegetable intake and overall caloric intake among individuals who may not need to lose weight, respectively). Continued research is warranted, utilizing causal designs.
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