Colorado residents may be thrilled to hear how healthy they tend to be. That said, it's still important for them to pursue activities that can improve health outcomes, like yoga.
If you're like many Colorado residents, you are happy to live where you do. It's beautiful and verdant, with a populace committed to improving its health and wellness. Just look at a recent Reuters article, which announced that Colorado has the lowest obesity rate of any state in the nation.
The news source stated that "just" 19.8 percent of adults in the Centennial State are obese, according to an annual study conducted by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
By contrast, Mississippi, the so-called "fattest state in the union," has an obesity rate of more than 34 percent, the news organization noted.
Colorado residents may be thrilled to hear how healthy they tend to be. That said, it's still important for them to pursue activities that can improve health outcomes, like yoga.
Just look at what the newest studies are discovering about this ancient mind-body regimen:
- A report appearing in the latest issue of the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise announced that engaging in yoga significantly reduced fatigue while stabilizing participants' circadian rhythms.
- Another study in the same journal determined that yoga classes helped veterans improve their balance following a stroke.
- Have persistent pain? There's a yoga class for that. A report published in the journal Pain suggested that this holistic healing system may have far more applications for chronic aches than are currently understood.
- Yoga may also reduce the risk of developing blood sugar disorders. An investigation appearing in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine described a three-month yoga therapy regimen utilized by adults at risk for type 2 diabetes. Compared to those given traditional treatments, participants who engaged in yoga experienced greater improvements in blood pressure, weight, insulin sensitivity and cholesterol levels.
No wonder Colorado is such a yoga-friendly state!
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