Children obesity
Conditions
Interventions
Acupuncture group:Traditional Chinese acupuncture intervention
The cupping therapy group:Traditional Chinese medicine cupping therapy
Ear acupressure bean group:Traditional Chinese ear acupuncture therapy
Acupoint Plaster Application Group:Acupoint Plaster Therapy
Acupoint Insertion Thread Group:Traditional Chinese medicine acupoint embedding therapy
Sponsors
Henan Children's Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) The patients diagnosed as having simple childhood obesity with a strong stomach and weak spleen according to both Western medicine disease diagnostic criteria and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation criteria; 2) Excluding other secondary obesity conditions such as genetic inheritance, endocrine disorders, metabolic abnormalities, nephrotic syndrome, etc. 3) Adolescents and children aged between 6 and 18 years old; 4) Those who have not received any related treatment for simple childhood obesity; 5) Parents and/or the patients have fully understood this study, agreed to receive treatment, and signed the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with chronic systemic diseases; 2) Individuals with secondary obesity caused by other diseases or medication use, such as Cushing's syndrome, hyperadrenocorticism, hypothyroidism, pituitary disorders, and long-term use of glucocorticoids, antiepileptic drugs, etc.; 3) Children with other severe underlying metabolic diseases; 4) Other situations that the researchers consider unsuitable for this clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| weight;Body Mass Index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| bustline;waistline;hipline;The thickness of subcutaneous fat in the abdominal wall;insulin resistance index;fasting blood-glucose;glutamic-pyruvic transaminase;glutamic oxalacetic transaminase;blood pressure;triglyceride;cholesterol;low density lipoprotein;Chinese medicine symptom complex score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYA-NAN GUO
Henan Children's Hospital
Outcome results
None listed