title: [Clinical study on acupuncture for treatment of 80 cases of simple obesity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for an effective method for treatment of obesity and to study the mechanism of acupuncture slimming treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cases of obesity were randomly divided into a diet group of 40 cases and an acupuncture group of 80 cases. Their therapeutic effects and changes of TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C contents before and after treatment were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate of 76.3% in the acupuncture group was better than 27.5% in the diet group, and acupuncture could decrease serum TC, TG, LDL-C contents and increase HDL-C content.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture combined with diet therapy is an effective method for reducing weight at present, and metabolism of lipids is involved in acupuncture slimming mechanism.
authors.affiliation: The Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Communication University, Shanghai 200233, China. miyiqun@126.com
authors.forename: Yi-qun
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Mi
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids