Body Constitution Classification Based Comprehensive Health Management Intervention on Obese Population

Body Constitution Classification Based Comprehensive Health Management Intervention on Obese Population

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of body constitution classification based comprehensive health management intervention on obese population.

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of body constitution classification based comprehensive health management intervention on obese population, compare the differences in effectiveness between body constitution classification based management vs usual health management, and explore the influence of different food composition on the effectiveness of body constitution classification based comprehensive health management intervention on obese population.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Social characteristics:

  • 20-55 year old,
  • had lived in a city for more than one year,
  • kept a watchful eye on losing weight or bodybuilding,
  • practitioner engaged in non- sensitive sectors.

• Physiological characteristics:

  • met the obesity diagnostic criteria suggested by "Prevention and control Guidelines for overweight and obesity of Chinese adults in 2006". Subjects with a BMI between 24 to 28 kg/m2 were defined as overweight, while those with a BMI greater than 28kg/m2 were obese.
  • met the constitution classification standards of Traditional Chinese Medicine. According to the constitution questionnaire formulated on the base of the Chinese Medical Association standard "Chinese constitution classification and determination" (ZYYXH/T157-2009), the subjects were divided into phlegm-damp type, qi deficiency type and phlegm stasis block type.

Exclusion Criteria:

• with the following major organic disease,
• secondary obesity caused by diseases,
• none of phlegm-damp type, qi deficiency type or phlegm stasis block type,
• women who were planning to become pregnant, pregnant or lactating.