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Yoga and Weight Loss

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According to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, confirms that practicing Yoga at least once a week is associated with mindful eating = weight loss. People who eat slowly and with awareness to their eating are less likely to be overweight.

This isn't the usual promise of weight loss that so many diet pills and fad diets make - it's steady and long term and includes a regularl weekly commitment to ones yoga practice.

"In our earlier study, we found that middle-age people who practice yoga gained less weight over a 10-year period than those who did not. This was independent of physical activity and dietary patterns. We hypothesized that mindfulness – a skill learned either directly or indirectly through yoga – could affect eating behavior," said Kristal, associate head of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division at the Hutchinson Center.

The study found that people who ate mindfully weighed less than those who ate mindlessly, (eating in response to anxiety or depression or when not hungry)  The researchers also found a strong association between yoga practice and mindful eating but found no association between other types of physical activity, such as walking or running, and mindful eating.

In reference to article from Yoga Journal .com