title: Complementary and alternative therapies for weight loss.
abstract: Although many complementary therapies are promoted for the treatment of obesity, few are truly therapeutic. Evidence suggests that food containing diacylglycerol oil, acupuncture, and hypnosis are the only evidence-based complementary therapies for the treatment of obesity, and, at best, these should be used as adjuvants to the more conventional therapies of calorie restriction and exercise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 9228 Medical Plaza Drive, Charleston, SC 29406, USA. steyerte@musc.edu
authors.forename: Terrence E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Steyer
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ables
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss