Author(s): Dr. Sunil Dhiman

Abstract:
The Purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Asanas and Pranayama on body fat percentage of obese people. For the present study 20 male obese people from locality of Sonipat district were selected randomly as the subjects for the study. The age of the subjects ranged between 40–50 years. The variables selected for the present study were yogic training (independent variable), body fat percentage (dependent variable. For the study pre-test, post-test randomized group design, which consists of control group and experimental group were used.20 subjects 10 for control and 10 for experiment group were selected for this study. The data were collected through the pre-test, before training and post-test, after six weeks of yogic exercises training. For comparing pre and post-test means of experimental and control groups, descriptive analysis and Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) were used and the level of significance was set at 0.05 level. The result of the study showed that there was insignificant difference between pre and post-test (experimental group) of body fat percentage.

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