Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a widespread and under diagnosed upper airway disease. It has significant social and economic burden. Symptoms may cause fatigue, mood changes and difficult sleep that may have deleterious effect on student’s academic activity. Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study among 1337 college students in Vadodara city of Gujarat, selected by cluster sampling method. Response was recorded using SFAR (Score for allergic rhinitis) scale and a semi structured questionnaire. Results: Prevalence of AR using SFAR was 19.22% among college students, out of them 65.4% were girls and 34.6% boys. The prevalence of two major variant of AR, perennial and seasonal was 38.91% and 51.75% respectively. 81.32% were aware about their allergy, 20.23% had gone for allergy test and 73.08% among them resulted positive. 82.49% students had perceived that AR is affecting their academic activity among SFAR≥7 group. Conclusion: The results of this survey showed elevated prevalence of AR among college students in Vadodara city; however, allergy tests and physician visits for AR conditions were less. Major proportion that had self-reported AR has shown associated comorbidity. Students with AR, perceive a negative effect on their academic activity that equally affects girls and boys.

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Obesity is a complex condition with global prevalence reaching almost one-third of the world's population. It affects all ages, genders, and backgrounds, although older individuals and women tend to be more affected. In this case, a 36-year-old male business person leading a sedentary lifestyle presented with severe obesity (Class-3), hypertension, low back pain, fatigue and umbilical hernia for the past few years. The individual received 30-days of naturopathy treatments and diet intervention program. The treatment was provided through a personalized and customized protocol at Ipcowala naturopathy and yoga center (INYC) a residential naturopathy facility located in Vadodara, Gujarat. The findings indicated a significant reduction in body weight (from 130.74 kg to 116.60 kg), Body Mass Index (BMI) (from 41.76 to 37.25), Blood Pressure (from 140/100 to 130/86), as well as a notable decrease in back pain related disability and fatigue levels on scale. The patient experienced an overall improvement in functional health and reported an enhanced sense of well-being. Notably, the individual exhibited improvements across all domains of the WHO Quality of Life Bref scale. This case study strongly suggests that the naturopathy treatment, a tailored diet plan and fasting can serve as a beneficial intervention for reducing obesity and associated comorbidities. Further large scale studies are needed for observing effect of individual naturopathy therapies.