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MEDICAL: RESEARCH:
Americans Who Practice Yoga Report Better Wellness, Health Behaviors
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 4, 2015
CONTACT: NCCIH Press Office, 301-496-7790,
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AMERICANS WHO PRACTICE YOGA REPORT BETTER WELLNESS, HEALTH BEHAVIORS
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Analysis reveals reasons for use of yoga, supplements, and spinal
manipulation
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People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements
other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness
reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis
of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Yoga users
reported the most positive health benefits, compared to users of natural
products and spinal manipulation. The analysis by the National Center for
Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) was published in a National
Health Statistics Report by the National Center for Health Statistics.
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"Though yoga seems to play the biggest role, people who use a variety of
complementary health approaches reported better wellbeing," said Josephine
P. Briggs, M.D., director of NCCIH. "This may suggest that people perceive
more wellness benefit when they are actively involved in their health, for
example by practicing yoga. More research is needed to better understand
the ways yoga and other approaches impact overall health."
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The NHIS is an annual study in which thousands of Americans are
interviewed about their health- and illness-related experiences. The 2012
NHIS asked participants about their use of complementary health approaches
and whether they used them to treat a specific health condition or for any
of five wellness-related reasons. Participants were also asked whether
this use led to any of nine desirable health-related outcomes. The survey
results are based on data from 34,525 adults aged 18 and older.
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This analysis provides estimates of selected wellness-related reasons for
and outcomes from the use of three complementary health approaches:
natural product supplements; yoga; and spinal manipulation. Yoga users
were much more likely than users of other approaches to report specific
wellness-related outcomes, such as feeling better emotionally. They were
also the most likely to report exercising more, eating better, and cutting
back on alcohol and cigarettes. While the analysis did not show why yoga
users reported greater wellness, more than 70 percent of yoga users
reported a "focus on the whole person-mind, body and spirit" as a reason
for practicing yoga. Specific findings of the analysis included:
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-- "General wellness or disease prevention" was the most common
wellness-related reason for use of each of the three approaches.
-- More than two-thirds of users of all three health approaches reported
that their use improved their overall health and made them feel better.
-- Nearly two-thirds of yoga users reported that as a result of
practicing yoga they were motivated to exercise more regularly, and 4 in
10 reported they were motivated to eat healthier.
-- More than 80 percent of yoga users reported reduced stress as a
result of practicing yoga.
-- Although dietary supplement users were twice as likely to report
wellness rather than treatment as a reason for taking supplements, fewer
than 1 in 4 reported reduced stress, better sleep, or feeling better
emotionally as a result of using dietary supplements.
-- More than 60 percent of those using spinal manipulation reported
doing so to treat a specific health condition, and more than 50 percent
did so for general wellness or disease prevention.
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"The NHIS is the principle source of health information on U.S. adults.
Our results suggest that complementary health approaches may play an
important role in promoting positive health behaviors, including those we
know impact chronic conditions," said Barbara Stussman, statistician for
NCCIH and author of the analysis.
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