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Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death worldwide with increasing rates in adults and children. Authorities view it as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apena, certain type of cancer and osteoarthritis. In Ayurvedic Obesity is considered as one among eight grave conditions to be avoided. Panchakarma therapies are known to play a vital role in reducing obesity. Similarly external therapies like Udvartana also reduce the fat in body. In present clinical trial an attempt has been made to evaluate the efficacy of Vamana, Virechana & Udvartana and to come up with the better choice to reduce Sthaulya. Total 90 patients were registered of which 30 were treated with Vamana, 30 with Virechana & 30 with Udvartana. Result of the study revealed that all the therapies effective in reducing the sign & symptoms as well as physical and biochemical parameters but Vamana was found superior among all the trial therapies.