Randomized trial of Tapas Acupressure Technique for weight loss maintenance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is an urgent public health problem, yet only a few clinical trials have systematically tested the efficacy of long-term weight-loss maintenance interventions. This randomized clinical trial tested the efficacy of a novel mind and body technique for weight-loss maintenance.

Methods

Participants were obese adults who had completed a six-month behavioral weight-loss program prior to randomization. Those who successfully lost weight were randomized into either an experimental weight-loss maintenance intervention, Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT®), or a control intervention comprised of social-support group meetings (SS) led by professional facilitators. TAT combines self-applied light pressure to specific acupressure points accompanied by a prescribed sequenc

SUBMITTER: Elder CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375195 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature