Development of integrative obesity assessment protocol

Emerging evidence suggests waist circumference and waist hip ratio to be better indicators of obesity than BMI. Also, body fat percentage, suggesting adiposity is being linked with future cardiovascular risk. Thus precise assessment of obesity for management is an issue. Integral on of strengths of biomedical science and insights from Traditional knowledge systems ‐ Ayurveda & Yoga can help define obesity well. Prakriti  (body constitution), Dashavidha pariksha (parameters involving entire physiological profile of an individual) described in Ayurveda can provide a clearer picture. Development of an integrative protocol for better management of obesity is thus an aim.

 
Dr. Vaishali Deshmukh
Dr. Vaishali Chetan Deshmukh has started educative wellness initiative for women to improve mental, physical, nutritonal and hormonal health awareness in females from age group beginning from infancy to old age and catering to hormonal health issues in female infants, children, teenagers, premarital, pregnant, post marital, reproductive age females, menopausal and geriatric females.
She conducts health awareness talks in schools on nutritional and hormonal health in children for prevention of Childhood obesity ,PCOS and Diabetes
She is Founder and Incharge of Thyroid clinic at Deenanath mangeshkar Hospital ,Pune .
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