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http://dx.doi.org/10.15429/jkomor.2017.17.1.10

The Retrospective Analysis on Obese and Overweight Female Patients with Korean Medical Treatment and Its Effectiveness for Clinical Setting of Seasonal Treatment  

Shin, Won Yong (Natural & Korean Medical Clinic, Konkuk Univ.)
Seo, Gi Seong (Oslkyun Oriental Medical Clinic)
Song, Joo Hyun (Natural & Korean Medical Clinic Daejeon)
Baek, Cheol Hyun (Natural & Korean Medical Clinic Busan)
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Journal of Korean Medicine for Obesity Research / v.17, no.1, 2017 , pp. 10-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of study was to investigate the effect of herbal medicine on obesity and to define which seasonal factor could be utilized to make an obesity treatment program more effective. Methods: Three hundred and forty-four subjects were recruited and data were analyzed for weight, body fat, muscular volume, body fat ratio, body mass index (BMI) change and treatment duration. At first, age classification was performed for the comparisons. Moreover, starting season of treatment was categorized to determine it's influence over the treatment. Results: It was found the administration of herbal medicine could diminish every analyzed fields of entire patients. Compared among age groups, there were no significant differences of all fields. However, the categorization of start season showed significant differences of weight, BMI change and treatment duration. In addition, the analysis of assumed 10% weight loss elicited patients started treatment in spring and winter should spend 12 and 13 weeks and summer would be 9.5 weeks. Conclusions: It was found herbal medicine would be effective for female obesity and expected patients could achieve 5.91 kg weight loss for 65.88 days treatment. Summer group had significant shorter treatment duration and it was presumed summer group had more concentration for achievement. Days required for assumed 10% weight loss was calculated to be 84 days in spring, 67 days in summer, 96 days in winter. Hereafter, further controlled study with more numbers of patients should be needed to determine the goal of medical treatment for obesity.
Keywords
Herbal medicine; Obesity; Body mass index; Weight loss;
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