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International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology · October 21, 2026
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Overweight and obesity, which are defined as having body mass index (BMI) 25.0 -29.9 kg/m 2 and > 30 kg/m 2 respectively, continue to be public health concerns across the globe.Over the past few decades, the instances of overweight and obesity have increased significantly worldwide.Overweight and obesity have demonstrated multiple health risks and health outcomes that are a matter of great concern.Some of these health risks may be the direct result of increased fat mass; others may be due to metabolic consequences of enlarged fat cells -which ultimately increase overall mortality of an obese individual.It is quite interesting to note that, right from the beginning of human intellectual understanding, overweight and obesity were considered as forbidden conditions for human health.Charaka Samhita, a central treatise of ancient Indian medicine, Ayurveda, written some two thousand and three hundred years ago, had discussed the various aspect of overweight and obesity like its clinical definition, causative factors and various health risks associated with it elaborately under the terminology 'Ati Sthaulya'.This treatise not only mentioned eight distinct health risks associated with overweight and obesity like: Ayuhrash (shortening of life span or increased morbidity), Javoparodha (lack of enthusiasm or loss of vitality), Kricchra Vyavayata (difficulty in sexual coitus), Daurvalya (generalised weakness), Daurgandhya (having foul body odour or emission of foul smell from body surface), Swedabadha (feeling of pain or trouble due to sweating), Kshudatimatram (feeling of excessive hunger or increased appetite) and Pipasatiyoga (feeling of excessive thirst), it also gave the separate pathophysiology for each of those health risks.Numerous scientific studies in past couple of decades have pointed towards multiple health risks associated with overweight and obesity which are quite similar to those what are mentioned in Charaka Samhita long ago.This similarity in observation between an ancient classical Ayurvedic text like Charaka Samhita and modern scientific studies proves the rational and scientific approach of our ancestors in exploring the truth.In today's era, the need of the hour is the synthesis of our age old traditional knowledge with recent modern scientific advancements.Every principles and explanations given in our traditional Ayurvedic texts should be studied in comparison with evidence backed scientific research and studies done in recent times.Only then these age old eternal knowledge of Ayurveda hidden in ancient scriptures will be accepted and acknowledged by modern scientific community, especially in western world.In this present study, authors have tried to validate the observations of Charaka Samhita regarding eight distinct health risks associated with overweight and obesity in light of recent scientific studies and understanding of modern science.