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Clinical efficacy observation of acupoint thread-embedding in treating obese patients with food addiction / 针灸推拿医学(英文版)
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science ; (6): 193-199, 2021.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-912856
ABSTRACT

Objective:

To observe the effects of acupoint thread-embedding therapy and low-carbohydrate diet therapy on obese patients with food addiction.

Methods:

Sixty-five eligible patients were randomized into a thread-embedding group of 33 cases and a diet group of 32 cases to respectively receive 12-week treatment. Before treatment, after treatment and at 6-month follow-up, the two groups were observed and compared in terms of body mass (BM), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index (BMI), body fat rate (BFR), basal metabolic rate (BMR) and Yale food addiction scale version 2.0 (YFAS 2.0).

Results:

At the end of treatment, there were no significant differences in the general efficacy, and the improvements in BM, BMI, WC, HC, WHR and BFR between the thread-embedding group and diet group (all P>0.05). At follow-up, the thread-embedding group showed more significant improvements in all the aforementioned indicators compared with the diet group except HC (all P<0.05). At the end of treatment and follow-up, BMR and YFSA 2.0 had more significant improvements in the thread-embedding group than in the diet group (all P<0.05).

Conclusion:

Acupoint thread-embedding therapy can produce significant efficacy in treating obese patients with food addiction; it can improve the food addiction state and work better in maintaining the efficacy compared with low-carbohydrate diet therapy.

Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Chinese Journal: Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science Year: 2021 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Chinese Journal: Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science Year: 2021 Type: Article