Yoga in Middle Age Linked to Reduced Weight Gain

Practicing yoga regularly for at least half an hour a week for four or more years may help offset middle-age spread, researchers here reported.

It is estimated that people ages 45 to 55 gain about one pound a year. In the study, persons whose weight was normal at age 45 and who practiced yoga weekly and for at least four years had a 3.1-pound reduction in expected weight gain, according to investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center here.