Guinness world record attempt as a method to pivot the role of Yoga in Diabetes management

Atul Kumar Goyal, Sanjay Bhadada, Neeru Malik, Abhilasha Anand, Raman Kumar, Sridhar Bammidi, Rahul Tyagi, Shweta Modgil, Kaushal Sharma, Parul Bali, Deepak Kumar Pal, Saurabh Kumar, Navneet Kaur, Sushant Kaushal, Abha Tiwari, Jyoti Saini, Vinod Bhatt, Amit Chahal, Sharmila Rani, Jyoti TiwariJagdeep Singh, Sudhir Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Arti Tiwari, Mandeep Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Kiran Sharma, Parminder Singh, Akshay Anand, R. Nagarathna, H. R. Nagendra

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Abstract

Background: Attempts for Guinness world record have continued worldwide but these attempts were rarely aimed to promote public health. Diabetes is one of the rapidly growing lifestyle disorders in India which requires awareness reinforcements among the local population. In recent studies, Yoga has proved to be useful in lifestyle modification and Diabetes management. However, most individuals from rural and urban localities in the country are unaware of this fact. Purpose: The purpose was to organizing a nationwide attempt under the Niyantrit Madhumeh Bharat (NMB) programme to break the world record to be the largest Diabetes lesson, to spread awareness among general population. Methods: Present article represents the perspective of the Chandigarh chapter of NMB programme and its experience in Guinness world record attempt. Diabetes awareness lesson was organized in the city as per the standards defined by the Guinness Book and outcomes of the entire campaign were assessed at the end of the campaign. Result: Total 498 individuals participated in the campaign. Among them, 268 participants were questioned at the end of the campaign about the role of Yoga in Diabetes. 247 participants (92%) were agreed that Diabetes can be modified by Yoga and 9 participants (3%) disagreed. The remaining 12 participants (5%) did not give any response. Conclusion: We noticed that most of the participants became aware of the role of Yoga in Diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-24
Number of pages4
JournalAnnals of Neurosciences
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diabetes
  • exercise
  • Health
  • lifestyle
  • obesity
  • Yoga

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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