Nutrition and life style related disorders like obesity, diabetes, sleep disorders, hypertension etc. are one of the major causes of deaths and other illnesses in many of the developed countries. The modernization of our diet with high energy, high lipid containing foods is a major cause and less physical work or energy expenditure have encroached in our daily routine. Both the urban as well as rural population of world is facing the similar challenges. The differences is, rural population is not aware of the causes and even do not know the best practices to come out of it and the urban population is not much working on resolving the situation may be due to adaptation of the lifestyle, scarcity of time, work pressure and stress. Indian herbs have scientifically been explored to find out the more effective and economic way to treat obesity. The hypolipidemic activity of many Indian herbal medicines like Pongamia glabra Vent. Commiphora wightii (Arn.), Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb, Celastrus paniculatus Willd, Aegle marmelos (Linn) etc. have been evaluated and many herbs like Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. Have shown hunger depression activity. The continuous research on ethnopharmacological evidences on anti-obesity potential of Indian herbal drugs has drag the attraction of many Pharmaceutical Industries. The popularizations of the alternate medicines worldwide have gain tremendous focus since the last decade for the effective management of obesity by the use of Indian herbs both in developed as well as developing country.