About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Have at least one of the following cardiometabolic risk factors: overweight or obesity, prediabetes, dyslipidemia or elevated blood pressure.
Traditional Chinese medical syndrome type is gastric heat and dampness obstruction syndrome.
Disqualifiers
Diagnosis of obesity associated with genetic or endocrine diseases, including hypercortisolism, polycystic ovary syndrome, primary hypothyroidism and hypothalamic obesity.
Participating in other clinical trials or have participated in other clinical trials in recent 3 months.
Diagnosis of organic diseases, including heart, liver, kidney and brain or infectious diseases and mental diseases.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Auricular acupressure of traditional Chinese Medicine
- Intermittent low carbohydrate diet
- Health education