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Monday, April 5, 2010

Say Yes to Yoga for Weight Loss

According to research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, people who practice yoga were more likely to report mindful eating habits such as hunger-awareness or acknowledging when they are eating in response to emotion.
The researchers say this may be part of the reason that the yoga practitioners had a lower BMI than other study participants, even though more than half of them got regular exercise.

Source: About.com

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