Darbandi, Mahsa, Darbandi, Sara, Mobarhan, Majid Ghayor, Owji, Ali Akbar, Zhao, Baxiao, Iraji, Kambiz, Abdi, Hamid, Saberfiroozi, Mehdi, Nematy, Mohsen, Safarian, Mohammad, Parizadeh, Mohammad Reza, Abbasi, Parisa, Salehmoghadam, Masoud, Fardaei, Majid, Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad Hossein, Ferns, Gordon and Mokarram, Pooneh (2012) Effects of auricular acupressure combined with low-calorie diet on the leptin hormone in obese and overweight Iranian individuals. Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society, 30 (3). pp. 208-213. ISSN 0964-5284
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
BACKGROUND
Human leptin is a peptide hormone that is released from white adipocytes. The absence of leptin or its receptor leads to uncontrolled food intake, leading to obesity. In the present work, the effects of auricular acupressure combined with low-calorie diet on the leptin hormone level were investigated.
METHODS
Volunteers (n=86) with body mass indices (BMI) between 25 and 45 kg/m² were randomised into a case (n=43) or a control (n=43) group. Participants in each group received a low-calorie diet for 6 weeks. The case group was treated with auricular acupressure and the control group received a sham procedure. Plasma leptin levels, body fat mass, body weight and BMI were measured before and after treatment.
RESULTS
Participants who received auricular acupressure showed significant reductions in their plasma leptin levels (18.57%, p<0.01) as well as in their body fat mass (4%, p<0.05). These changes were not observed in the control group. The reduction in leptin was significantly greater in the acupressure group than the controls.
CONCLUSIONS
Auricular acupressure combined with a low-calorie diet significantly reduced plasma levels of leptin. However, the mechanism of this reduction is not clear.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Division of Medical Education |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R735 Medical education |
Depositing User: | Gordon Ferns |
Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2012 15:13 |
Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2021 13:17 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/42628 |