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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.10.6766

Effects of Intermittent Fasting and Thermotherapy on the Obese  

Ha, Hunju (International Thermotherapy, Health and Education Association)
Lee, Hyung H. (Dept. of Naturopathic Medicine, Dongbang Culture Graduate Univ.)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.10, 2015 , pp. 6766-6778 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of the concurrent thermotherapy and intermittent fasting therapy for obesity. The experimental therapy conducted at the same time for 11 days, and had 35 adult participants. Six variables(girth, body weight, body mass index, body fat ratio, abdominal fat, and body basal metabolic rate) of participants were measured initially before the experimental therapy, and respectively after two consecutive experimental therapies (S1 and S2). The differences between the averages of the six variables in the initial measurement (C group), S1 group, and S2 group are significant and correlate each other. The differences between variables also were significant within groups and between groups. Additionally, the results show that the effectiveness of the therapy was greater after the 2nd therapy than the 1st therapy. In conclusion, these findings suggest that the concurrent therapy is effective and useful as a natural healing therapy for obesity.
Keywords
Intermittent fasting; Thermotherapy; Waist size; Body weight; Body mass index;
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