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-embeddin...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.展开更多
文摘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.
