The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine (대한한방소아과학회지)
- Volume 19 Issue 2
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- Pages.1-11
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- 2005
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- 1226-8038(pISSN)
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- 2287-9463(eISSN)
The Effect of the Fasting for Body Composition Changes in Two Obese Adolescents
절식요법이 2명의 비만청소년의 체성분 변화에 미치는 영향
- Jeong, Sun-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui University) ;
- Kim, Hong-Bae (Department of Pediatrics, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui University) ;
- Lee, Seung-Yeon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui University)
- Published : 2005.12.31
Abstract
Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of fasting therapy on the changes of body composition in obese adolescents. Methods : We examined the body composition of obese adolescents three times; before fasting, on the second refeeding day, two or four weeks later. Results : Body weight, body mass index(BMI), basal metabolic rate(BMR) and lean body mass (LBM) were decreased during the fasting, whereas percent-fat was increased. After fasting, patients have the dietary period. During this period BMR and LBM were increased and the decrease of percent-fat was continued. Conclusions : It seems that fasting therapy with keeping up well-controlled dietary period and receiving oriental medical management can be useful to decrease percent-fat in obese patients.