Management of Childhood Overweight through Sthaulyahara Ghana Vati with Diet and Lifestyle Modification- A Case Study

A BSTRACT After COVID-19, childhood overweight is on the rise. Unaddressed situations may lead to various complications. It needs to be intervened at the earliest phase. In Ayurveda, Sthaulya has been described as Ashtanindita Purusha (~one of the eight disgraceful persons) in the context of the body and has provided various pharmacotherapy and diet and lifestyle modification for the management of it. A 13 year old, school–going, female child was brought to the Kaumarbhritya Outpatient Department of ITRA, Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat, by her parents with complaints of excess weight gain for 2 years. On clinical examination, the child had 69.9 kg body weight with body mass index (BMI) of 27.6 kg/m2 (overweight). Sthaulyahara Ghana Vati (SHGV) (an Ayurvedic formulation) was given in a dose of 6 g/day in three divided doses before meal with lukewarm water for 8 weeks along with diet and lifestyle modification. After 8 weeks of intervention, there was a 7.01% drop in body weight and a 7.02% drop in BMI, as well as a 2.02% drop in chest circumference and a 2.13% drop in the waist to hip ratio. Also saw changes in laboratory tests, with a 4.79% drop in serum cholesterol, a 7.24% drop in serum low density lipoprotein (LDL), a 17.14% drop in serum triglycerides, and a 17.1% drop in serum very LDLs. There was 11.2% improvement in serum high density lipoprotein and 10.61% improvement in serum adiponectin levels. According to the findings of this case study, SHGV, in conjunction with diet and lifestyle changes, provide promising result in the management of childhood overweight.