Obesity is a serious international health problem that increases the risk of severe common disease.Obesity is a constellation of central adiposity, impaired fasting glucose, elevated blood pressure, and high serum cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes is increased 1.5 to 2 folds.Virgin coconut oil (VCO) extracted by wet process directly from coconut milk under a controlled temperature may have more beneficial effects than copra oil (CO) since it retains most of the unsaponifiable components like lauric acid, tocopherols, tocotrienols,
and polyphenols. The primary purpose of the present study was to determine that the consumption of VCO on total cholesterol in obesity.This is an experimental study in which 15 randomly selected young obese women of 20-23 years of age in Tirupati are orally supplemented daily with 20
ml of virgin coconut oil for 60 days. All patients underwent nutritional status and biochemical investigation throughout the study to see the effect of VCO on Body Mass Index and serum cholesterol.After supplementation of Virgin coconut oil (VCO) in selected subjects there was decrease in Body mass index (BMI) levels from 30.5170 kg/m2 to 28.6537 kg/m2 with the difference of 1.8633 kg/m2 and t-value is 9.6286 and p-value is 0.01.
Key words: Obesity, Virgin Coconut oil.
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