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==== Consequences of obesity (verse 5-8) ====

==== Consequences of obesity (verse 5-8) ====

Serious diseases (''daruna vikara'') are the outcome of excessive obesity due obstruction of body channels by the ''medas''. This indicates ancient wisdom of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda] ''acharyas'', which is comparable to the impact of obesity on health perspectives of biomedical science. We have yet to understand what they had foreseen in reference to fat accumulation around the kidneys. Decreased life span (''ayukshaya'') is stated to be an important consequence of obesity in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda]. According to contemporary science, metabolic and psychological pathologies are often present together and are associated with dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Affect disorders are also reported among obese binge eaters. The National Institute of Health, USA has issued an alert labeling obesity a "Killer disease" due to its health-related consequences such as coronary disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney disorders, gallbladder disorders, cancer of colon, pancreas, breast, uterus, kidney and gallbladder, osteoarthritis, menstrual irregularities in females, cryptogenic cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma, insulin resistance, and physiological hyperinsulinemia. Some of the social consequences of obesity could include divorces, due in part to reduce sexual activities between partners. Besides there, transitional physiological phases such as weight gain during adolescence in boys and girls, post-natal weight gain in women, and peri-post menopausal obesity are frequently noted in clinical settings that warrant special care and management.

Serious diseases (''daruna vikara'') are the outcome of excessive obesity due obstruction of body channels by the ''medas''. This indicates ancient wisdom of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda] ''acharyas'', which is comparable to the impact of obesity on health perspectives of biomedical science<ref>Mishra, L.C. (2003). Scientific Basis of Ayurvedic therapy, Chapter 9 Obesity (Medoroga) in Ayurveda; eBook, published by CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group.  </ref>. We have yet to understand what they had foreseen in reference to fat accumulation around the kidneys. Decreased life span (''ayukshaya'') is stated to be an important consequence of obesity in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda]. According to contemporary science, metabolic and psychological pathologies are often present together and are associated with dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Affect disorders are also reported among obese binge eaters. The National Institute of Health, USA has issued an alert labeling obesity a "Killer disease" due to its health-related consequences such as coronary disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney disorders, gallbladder disorders, cancer of colon, pancreas, breast, uterus, kidney and gallbladder, osteoarthritis, menstrual irregularities in females, cryptogenic cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma, insulin resistance, and physiological hyperinsulinemia. Some of the social consequences of obesity could include divorces, due in part to reduce sexual activities between partners. Besides there, transitional physiological phases such as weight gain during adolescence in boys and girls, post-natal weight gain in women, and peri-post menopausal obesity are frequently noted in clinical settings that warrant special care and management.

==== Etiology, features, and consequences of ''atikrisha'' (emaciation) ====

==== Etiology, features, and consequences of ''atikrisha'' (emaciation) ====