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Effects of Auricular Acupressure Versus Intermittent Dietary Restriction in Children With Gastric Heat and Dampness Obstruction
Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Summary
This is a three-month randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of auricular acupressure versus Intermittent carbohydrate restriction on cardiometabolic risk in obese children with gastric heat and dampness obstruction.
Official title: Effects of Auricular Acupressure Versus Intermittent Dietary Restriction in Children With Gastric Heat and Dampness Obstruction: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
240
Start Date
2023-06-07
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2026-03-19
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Auricular acupressure of traditional Chinese Medicine
The participants will be randomly assigned to receive the auricular point patch therapy. The selected acupoints include Shenmen, hungry point, endocrine, stomach, mouth and subcortical. The opaque patch with vaccaria seed is used for acupoint pressing. Pressing the acupoints once a day before and after eating, each time for 1 minute, lasting for 2-3 days, follow up visit once a week. The intervention period is 3 months.
Intermittent low carbohydrate diet
The participants will be randomly assigned to the intermittent low carbohydrate diet group. The intermittent carbohydrate diet includes 7 days of low carbohydrate diet within 2 weeks (consecutive or nonconsecutive, carbohydrate intake be controlled as ≤ 50g per day). The study duration is 3 months, including 1-month intervention period and 2-month self-maintenance period.
Health education
Health education is conducted once a week during 3-month intervention for all participants. Health education including the understanding of childhood obesity and cardiovascular disease, how to determine the cardiometabolic risk level, and the lifestyle intervention as caloric restriction and increased physical activity to promote health.
Locations (1)
Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, China