Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Association of yoga practice with weight control behaviour and body dissatisfaction.

Approved: 2015

Collaborators:

  • Dr Holger Cramer
  • Prof Gita Mishra
  • Prof David Sibbritt
  • AProf Romy Lauche

Synopsis

There have been reports on associations between yoga practice and disordered eating behaviour. Because those data rely mainly on small samples, this analysis aims to determine in a larger sample whether yoga practitioners are more frequently dissatisfied with their body weight, or are exhibiting weight control behaviours.