Yoga may help people suppress the typical middle-age spread, say researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle.

While the art of slow-stretching and meditation won't burn calories as quickly as jogging or a workout at the gym, people in their 50s who regularly practiced yoga lost about five pounds (2.25 kg) over 10 years, the study leaders noted. By contrast, study participants in the same age group who didn't practice yoga gained more than 13 pounds (5.9 kg) over the same span, the Associated Press reported.

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Alan Kristal, a study co-author, told the wire service that yoga's benefits may have less to do with burning calories and more to do with participants keeping in tune with their bodies and practicing better eating habits.

"You become very sensitive to the feeling of being stuffed," he said.

Results of the study appear in the July/August issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. - (HealthDayNews)

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