Category: Yoga

QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 4–17 Years Who Practiced Yoga During the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022

QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 4–17 Years Who Practiced Yoga During the Past 12 Months,† by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022

In 2022, 12.3% of children and adolescents aged 4–17 years had practiced yoga in the past 12 months. Children and adolescents aged 4–11 years were more likely to have practiced yoga than those aged 12–17 years (14.7% versus 9.2%). The declining percentages with age were found for both males and females: 10.4% versus 5.3% among Read More >

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Fact or Fiction: Is yoga is the fastest-growing complementary health approach among children and adults in the United States?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2rEyQexSXE Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2012 and 2017 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db324-h.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db325-h.pdf   Read More >

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Use Of Yoga and Meditation Becoming More Popular in U.S.

The use of yoga and meditation has increased in the U.S., according to two new reports released by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The first report “Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractors Among U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older” examines changes from 2012 to 2017 in the percentage of U.S. adults that used Read More >

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