Yoga and Step Aerobics for Obese Girls

Yoga helps to attain physical and mental health.The muscles and bones, nervous, glandular, respiratory, excretory and circulatory system is coordinated so that they help one another. In Yoga asana make the body flexible and able to adjust itself easily to change of environment. The sympathetic and parasympathetic system are brought in to a state of balance so that the internal organs are neither overactive nor under active. Exercise in which O2 consumption by the body is involved or improved is known as Aerobic exercise. Aerobic means ¿in presence of oxygen¿, and it is energy generating process or metabolic process of body in which oxygen is utilized.¿Aerobics¿ is a particular form of aerobic exercise. These exercises involve the whole body to perform the movements like fast stepping on the beats of the music. Obesity and overweight constitute two of the most significant medical and health problems in the world today. The effects appear to be as much psychological as physiological. Thus author made an attempt to find out the effect of yoga and aerobics on obesity of girls.