- 期刊
中醫減重者之自覺健康研究調查
Research on Self-Perceptive Health Condition of People who Use TOM for Weight Loss
摘要
肥胖，對個人健康而言，是個潛在危機，更將形成醫療、福利制度的包袱。而衛生署也針對肥胖著手研擬健康促進與衛生教育策略、宣導正確的「肥胖預防」知識，以對抗肥胖這個「健康的隱形殺手」，在眾多的減重方式環顧之下，中醫針灸減重，是許多減重者熱門的選擇，在此調查中顯示，在過半的人認為是不需要運動以及可以局部減重，不過，對於有「調養身體」之額外效果，卻是全體一致的意見，這也是中醫所強調的全人醫學最大的特點，雖然仍須待日後大規模的量化試驗，驗證此一結果，不過相信這仍是日後中醫減重從業者發揮之特點。
關鍵字
肥胖並列摘要
Obesity is a potential hazard for personal health, and it costs more than an arm and a leg for the medical and social benefit system. The Department of Health has researched and set up health promotion and health education strategies to promote correct ”obesity prevention” knowledge to fight with the invisible killer. Acupuncture for weight loss has been a popular option among many other diet methods. In this research, more than half of the subjects consider acupuncture can help trim shape and weight loss without exercise while a unanimous opinion considers the extra effect of acupuncture of tonifying the body systems. This is the most important characteristic of TCM. Although quantified research is needed to testify the result, we believe this is the focus many TCM weight loss practitioners can follow.