Obesity and the Use of Alternative Medicine
Sunday May 4, 2008
| 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
Reasearch Findings Resource: National Center for Biotechnology Information (PMID: 18451783) May 2008 |
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.
Comments
Hello,
I enjoy your website very much. I read Obesity and the Use of Alternative Medicine and cannot believe it took those Harvard geniuses twelve months to figure this out. I could have told them in less than a minute.
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
Alternative Medicine Addendum: insurance companies make it difficult, if not impossible, to pursue alternative treatments which would be of great benefit. All of the above mentioned treatments can be very costly. It’s helpful to initially have some guidance with yoga and relaxation techniques. Our society does not promote “relaxation” and therefore people don’t know how to relax!
Hopefully that will change some day.
Kind regards,
Roxy
The articles here are really very nice. I have read most of the articles. I am very much interested in Aromatherapy.
It’s great to see that research is being done on obesity and alternative medicine treatments. The important thing is that claims made to this regard are supported by clinical trials performed in a controlled setting by reputable agencies. Here is some more info on clinical trials and obesity that I found this morning.
sorry, that link was:
rvita.com/conditions/obesity.html