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- Title
Effects of auricular acupressure combined with low-calorie diet on the leptin hormone in obese and overweight Iranian individuals.
- Authors
Darbandi, Mahsa; Darbandi, Sara; Ghayor Mobarhan, Majid; Akbar Owji, Ali; Zhao, Baxiao; Iraji, Kambiz; Abdi, Hamid; Saberfiroozi, Mehdi; Nematy, Mohsen; Safarian, Mohammad; Reza Parizadeh, Mohammad; Abbasi, Parisa; Salehmoghadam, Masoud; Fardaei, Majid; Hossein Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad; Ferns, Gordon; Mokarram, Pooneh
- 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 signifi cantly greater in the acupressure group than the controls. Conclusions Auricular acupressure combined with a low-calorie diet signifi cantly reduced plasma levels of leptin. However, the mechanism of this reduction is not clear.
- Subjects
IRAN; ACUPRESSURE; AURICULOTHERAPY; OBESITY treatment; COMBINED modality therapy; STATISTICAL correlation; OBESITY; REDUCING diets; RESEARCH funding; T-test (Statistics); LEPTIN; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Acupuncture in Medicine, 2012, Vol 30, Issue 3, p208
- ISSN
0964-5284
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/acupmed-2011-010121