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*Excessive obesity has eight inherent defects viz. decrease in longevity, hampered mobility, difficulty in sexual intercourse, debility, bad body odor, profuse sweating, excessive hunger, and excessive thirst. [4]

*Excessive obesity has eight inherent defects viz. decrease in longevity, hampered mobility, difficulty in sexual intercourse, debility, bad body odor, profuse sweating, excessive hunger, and excessive thirst. [4]

*Excessive obesity is caused by over-nourishment due to the intake of heavy, sweet, cold and fatty diet, lack of physical exercise, abstinence from sexual intercourse, indulgence in the day sleeping, uninterrupted cheerfulness, lack of mental activities and hereditary/genetic defects. [4]

*Excessive obesity is caused by over-nourishment due to the intake of heavy, sweet, cold and fatty diet, lack of physical exercise, abstinence from sexual intercourse, indulgence in the day sleeping, uninterrupted cheerfulness, lack of mental activities and hereditary/genetic defects. [4]

*Obesity is a result of obstruction of channels by excess accumulated ''medas'' (fat). This deranges the movement of ''vata'' is specially confined to ''koshtha'' (abdominal viscera) resulting in the stimulation and hastening of the digestive process through abnormally increased ''agni'' (''pitta''). This leads to excessive hunger and thirst and the person eats more food to gain weight. An excessive increase in adipose tissue and vitiation of ''tridosha'' causes severe diseases in obese people. [5-8]

*Obesity is a result of obstruction of channels by excess accumulated [[meda dhatu]] (fat). This deranges the movement of [[vata]] is specially confined to ''koshtha'' (abdominal viscera) resulting in the stimulation and hastening of the digestive process through abnormally increased ''agni'' ([[pitta]]). This leads to excessive hunger and thirst and the person eats more food to gain weight. An excessive increase in adipose tissue and vitiation of tri[[dosha]] causes severe diseases in obese people. [5-8]

*Disproportionate increase of fat occurs mainly around buttocks, abdomen, and breasts, which become pendulous and the person suffers from improper metabolism and energy. [9]

*Disproportionate increase of fat occurs mainly around buttocks, abdomen, and breasts, which become pendulous and the person suffers from improper metabolism and energy. [9]

*Indulgence in dry (non-unctuous) diets and drinks, fasting, inadequate diet, overuse of therapeutic purificatory measures, grief, suppression of natural urges, sleep deprivation, dry powder massage, indulgence in baths, heredity, old age, continued illness and anger make a person too lean.  [11-12]

*Indulgence in dry (non-unctuous) diets and drinks, fasting, inadequate diet, overuse of therapeutic purificatory measures, grief, suppression of natural urges, sleep deprivation, dry powder massage, indulgence in baths, heredity, old age, continued illness and anger make a person too lean.  [11-12]

*Too lean and too obese persons are prone to suffering from various diseases and need constant treatment. [16]

*Too lean and too obese persons are prone to suffering from various diseases and need constant treatment. [16]

*Being lean is better than being obese because the lean person responds well to nourishing treatment and balancing of the causative ''dosha'' (''vata'' and ''pitta''). On the contrary, reducing therapy and drugs used in the treatment of obesity can cause an increase in ''agni'', which may cause increased appetite and thirst.Hence, the obese suffer more than the lean. [17]  

*Being lean is better than being obese because the lean person responds well to nourishing treatment and balancing of the causative [[dosha]] ([[vata]] and [[pitta]]). On the contrary, reducing therapy and drugs used in the treatment of obesity can cause an increase in ''agni'', which may cause increased appetite and thirst.Hence, the obese suffer more than the lean. [17]  

*A person possessing a balanced constitution of muscles and compactness of the body, and stable sense organs does not fall prey to diseases. He can tolerate hunger, thirst, heat and cold, and physical strain better. His digestion, assimilation of food and muscle metabolism are in a state of equilibrium. [18-19]

*A person possessing a balanced constitution of muscles and compactness of the body, and stable sense organs does not fall prey to diseases. He can tolerate hunger, thirst, heat and cold, and physical strain better. His digestion, assimilation of food and muscle metabolism are in a state of equilibrium. [18-19]

*The food that is heavy to digest but not having any fattening (such as high fiber diet) is prescribed for the obese. In lean persons, food that is light to digest and has high nourishing value is prescribed. [20]

*The food that is heavy to digest but not having any fattening (such as high fiber diet) is prescribed for the obese. In lean persons, food that is light to digest and has high nourishing value is prescribed. [20]

*Food and drinks that alleviate ''vata'' and reduce ''kapha'' and ''medas'', as well as therapies such as enema (administered with drugs of sharply acting, dry and hot properties) and therapeutic powder massages are important treatments for obesity. [21-22]  

*Food and drinks that alleviate [[vata]] and reduce [[kapha]] and [[meda dhatu]], as well as therapies such as enema (administered with drugs of sharply acting, dry and hot properties) and therapeutic powder massages are important treatments for obesity. [21-22]  

*To enhance body mass of the excessively lean, an easy-to-digest and nourishing diet therapy, proper sleep, mind relaxing activities, ''rasayanas'' and aphrodisiacs, a diet with unctuous food and newly harvested food, and measures that eliminate vitiated ''doshas'' are prescribed. [29-34]

*To enhance body mass of the excessively lean, an easy-to-digest and nourishing diet therapy, proper sleep, mind relaxing activities, ''rasayanas'' and aphrodisiacs, a diet with unctuous food and newly harvested food, and measures that eliminate vitiated [[dosha]] are prescribed. [29-34]

*Tiredness, inactivity of mind, and detachment from sense organs are certain situations and conditions that help in falling asleep. [35]

*Tiredness, inactivity of mind, and detachment from sense organs are certain situations and conditions that help in falling asleep. [35]

*Normal sleep is necessary for the normal functioning of human body and excessive or inadequate sleep results in many diseases. Happiness and misery, nourishment and emaciation, strength and weakness, fertility and infertility, knowledge and ignorance and life and death depend on proper and improper sleep. [36]

*Normal sleep is necessary for the normal functioning of human body and excessive or inadequate sleep results in many diseases. Happiness and misery, nourishment and emaciation, strength and weakness, fertility and infertility, knowledge and ignorance and life and death depend on proper and improper sleep. [36]

*Sleeping during the day is indicated for restoring any damage to the physical constitution or depletion of body tissues. In a normal person, sleeping during the day is contraindicated in seasons other than summer because it causes vitiation of ''kapha'' and ''pitta''. Daytime sleep causes serious health problems. While insomnia causes roughness in the body, daytime sleep causes ''snigdhata'' (unctuousness) in the body. [39-50]

*Sleeping during the day is indicated for restoring any damage to the physical constitution or depletion of body tissues. In a normal person, sleeping during the day is contraindicated in seasons other than summer because it causes vitiation of [[kapha]] and [[pitta]]. Daytime sleep causes serious health problems. While insomnia causes roughness in the body, daytime sleep causes ''snigdhata'' (unctuousness) in the body. [39-50]

*Obesity and leanness are caused by improper diet and sleep. [51]

*Obesity and leanness are caused by improper diet and sleep. [51]

=== Morbid obesity ===

=== Morbid obesity ===

In the context of ''atisthula'' and ''atikrisha'', Charak has explored these conditions from the standpoint of their diathesis, clinical presentation, and management, which is comparable to approaches taken today to the study of obesity and leanness. Suśruta has considered ''rasa dhatu'' as the main culprit for both obesity and emaciation (''rasa nimittameva sthaulyam karshyam ca'')<ref>Sushruta. Sutra Sthana, Cha.15 Doshadatumalkshayavriddivinjaniya Adhyaya verse 32. In: Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya, Editors. Sushruta Samhita. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005. </ref>.  

In the context of ''atisthula'' and ''atikrisha'', Charak has explored these conditions from the standpoint of their diathesis, clinical presentation, and management, which is comparable to approaches taken today to the study of obesity and leanness. Suśruta has considered [[rasa dhatu]] as the main culprit for both obesity and emaciation (''rasa nimittameva sthaulyam karshyam ca'')<ref>Sushruta. Sutra Sthana, Cha.15 Doshadatumalkshayavriddivinjaniya Adhyaya verse 32. In: Jadavaji Trikamji Aacharya, Editors. Sushruta Samhita. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005. </ref>.  

Lipid precursors are acted upon by fat-specific energy (''medhodhatvagni'') for their conversion into adipose tissue (''medodhatu'')<ref>Mishra, L.C. (2003). Scientific Basis of Ayurvedic therapy, Chapter 9 Obesity (Medoroga) in [[Ayurveda]]; eBook, published by CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group.  </ref>. Vitiation of ''kapha dosha'' and excessive accumulation of fat-specific energy and waste products of adipose tissues (''kleda'') lead to dysfunction of adipose tissues. Adipose channels have two origins - kidney, adrenal and fat around them and other are visceral and omental fat (''vapavahana'')<ref>Shastri, P.K (1983), (translater), Caraka samhita, Part I, 2nd ed., Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan, Varanasi, India, p. 595. </ref>. These channels draw nutrition, including lipid from the antecedent flesh and transient lipid and then convert them into a stored form of lipid. As per biomedical science, obesity is associated with increased adipose stores in the subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles and internal organs such as kidney, heart, liver and omentum. Adipose tissues (''medodhatu'') form a crucial link to the concept of tissue metabolism. Low levels of fat-specific energy (''medodhatvagni''), despite a normal food intake, can lead to a steady accumulation of fat and the outcome is obesity<ref>Bleich S, Cutler D, Murray C, Adams A (2008). "Why is the developed world obese?". Annu Rev Public Health29: 273–95. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090954. PMID 18173389. </ref>  <ref>Drewnowski A, Specter SE (January 2004). "Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs". Am. J. Clin. Nutr.79 (1): 6–16.  </ref>. The conventional system of medicine has given due consideration to certain factors such as insufficient sleep, genetic predisposition, later age pregnancy, certain medications and other epigenetic factors in the etiopathogenesis of obesity and its related disorders<ref>Keith SW, Redden DT, Katzmarzyk PT et al. (2006). "Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: Exploring the roads less traveled". Int J Obes (Lond)30 (11): 1585–94. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803326. PMID 16801930. </ref>.(Verse 3-4)

Lipid precursors are acted upon by fat-specific energy (''medhodhatvagni'') for their conversion into adipose tissue ([[meda dhatu]])<ref>Mishra, L.C. (2003). Scientific Basis of Ayurvedic therapy, Chapter 9 Obesity (Medoroga) in [[Ayurveda]]; eBook, published by CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group.  </ref>. Vitiation of [[kapha dosha]] and excessive accumulation of fat-specific energy and waste products of adipose tissues (''kleda'') lead to dysfunction of adipose tissues. Adipose channels have two origins - kidney, adrenal and fat around them and other are visceral and omental fat (''vapavahana'')<ref>Shastri, P.K (1983), (translater), Caraka samhita, Part I, 2nd ed., Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan, Varanasi, India, p. 595. </ref>. These channels draw nutrition, including lipid from the antecedent flesh and transient lipid and then convert them into a stored form of lipid. As per biomedical science, obesity is associated with increased adipose stores in the subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles and internal organs such as kidney, heart, liver and omentum. Adipose tissues ([[meda dhatu]]) form a crucial link to the concept of tissue metabolism. Low levels of fat-specific energy (''medodhatvagni''), despite a normal food intake, can lead to a steady accumulation of fat and the outcome is obesity<ref>Bleich S, Cutler D, Murray C, Adams A (2008). "Why is the developed world obese?". Annu Rev Public Health29: 273–95. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090954. PMID 18173389. </ref>  <ref>Drewnowski A, Specter SE (January 2004). "Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs". Am. J. Clin. Nutr.79 (1): 6–16.  </ref>. The conventional system of medicine has given due consideration to certain factors such as insufficient sleep, genetic predisposition, later age pregnancy, certain medications and other epigenetic factors in the etiopathogenesis of obesity and its related disorders<ref>Keith SW, Redden DT, Katzmarzyk PT et al. (2006). "Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: Exploring the roads less traveled". Int J Obes (Lond)30 (11): 1585–94. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803326. PMID 16801930. </ref>.(Verse 3-4)

=== Increased desire to eat among the obese  ===

=== Increased desire to eat among the obese  ===

=== Conclusion ===

=== Conclusion ===

The present chapter reveals that the clinical entity, consequences, and management of too obese, too lean, insomnia, along with categorization of good built, information and mechanism of sleep and measures to induce good sleep was fairly well known even in the classical period of [[Ayurveda]], which is comparable to the latest development in this field. The Ayurvedic classics vividly describe the etiological factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, complications and its categories and treatment modalities of too obese, which has a striking resemblance to the latest development in this field. The ''samprapti'' (pathogenesis) of this disease is based on the specific ''dosha-dushya'' pattern. Besides, the special emphasis placed on vitiation of ''medas''. The age-old ideas are now getting strong scientific support for the emerging concept of prediabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, signifying the role of lipid disorders in the pathogenesis, hypometabolic state (''ama'' state) and immunodeficiency in these disorders. Numbers of complications have been described in this context including ''prameha'', GI problems, skin disorders, etc. It is presumed that in the diathesis of complications, impaired status of ''agni, ojas'' and ''medas'' play an important role6.  

The present chapter reveals that the clinical entity, consequences, and management of too obese, too lean, insomnia, along with categorization of good built, information and mechanism of sleep and measures to induce good sleep was fairly well known even in the classical period of [[Ayurveda]], which is comparable to the latest development in this field. The Ayurvedic classics vividly describe the etiological factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, complications and its categories and treatment modalities of too obese, which has a striking resemblance to the latest development in this field. The ''samprapti'' (pathogenesis) of this disease is based on the specific [[dosha]]-dushya pattern. Besides, the special emphasis placed on vitiation of [[meda dhatu]]. The age-old ideas are now getting strong scientific support for the emerging concept of prediabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, signifying the role of lipid disorders in the pathogenesis, hypometabolic state (''ama'' state) and immunodeficiency in these disorders. Numbers of complications have been described in this context including ''prameha'', GI problems, skin disorders, etc. It is presumed that in the diathesis of complications, impaired status of agni, [[ojas]] and [[meda dhatu]] play an important role6.  

On The overall assessment, the concept of overweight and obesity, emaciation, sleep and its type, indications, and contraindications of day sleep, the role of sleep in obesity, causes of insomnia and features of good and bad sleep along with features of good body built was a well-known entity since antiquity. The available descriptions appear very contemporary and scientific. Certain therapeutic modalities have close resemblance with several non-drug approaches of modern medicine. These modalities can be combined judiciously for individualized prevention and cure of too obese, too lean and insomnia. The current approaches and management of too obese and too lean along with insomnia are still not satisfactory in the conventional system of medicine; this chapter provides a new outlook to scholars and researchers of  [[Ayurveda]], which is based on current publications and reports.

On The overall assessment, the concept of overweight and obesity, emaciation, sleep and its type, indications, and contraindications of day sleep, the role of sleep in obesity, causes of insomnia and features of good and bad sleep along with features of good body built was a well-known entity since antiquity. The available descriptions appear very contemporary and scientific. Certain therapeutic modalities have close resemblance with several non-drug approaches of modern medicine. These modalities can be combined judiciously for individualized prevention and cure of too obese, too lean and insomnia. The current approaches and management of too obese and too lean along with insomnia are still not satisfactory in the conventional system of medicine; this chapter provides a new outlook to scholars and researchers of  [[Ayurveda]], which is based on current publications and reports.

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