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Obesity and the Use of Alternative Medicine

In a twelve month study researchers from Harvard Medical School compared the use of alternative and complementary modalities between normal weight (BMI from 18 to 25), overweight (from 25 to 30), mildly obese (from 30 to 35), moderately obese (from 35 to 40), and extremely obese (40) adults.

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Research Objective
"Obesity is associated with higher health-care costs due, in part, to higher use of traditional health care."

Reasearch Findings
"Adults with obesity have lower prevalence of use of yoga therapy, and similar prevalence of use of several CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) modalities, including relaxation techniques, natural herbs, massage, chiropractic medicine, tai chi, and acupuncture, compared to normal-weight individuals."

Resource: National Center for Biotechnology Information (PMID: 18451783) May 2008

Holistic Healing Poll Center
Definition of Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine is a term used when therapies are presented as an option to conventional or Western medical treatments.

Definition of Complementary Medicine
Complementary Medicine is a term used when therapies are being used in conjunction with conventional or Western medical treatments.
Sunday May 4, 2008 | comments (2)

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