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KMID : 0363420050190020001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Pediatrics
2005 Volume.19 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.11
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The Effect of the Fasting for Body Composition Changes in Two Obese Adolescents
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Kim Hong-Bae
Lee Seung-Yeon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of fasting therapy on the changes of body composition in obese adolescents.
Methods: We examined the body composition of obese adolescents three times; before fasting, on the second refeeding day, two or four weeks later.
Results: Body weight, body mass index(BMI), basal metabolic rate(BMR) and lean body mass (LBM) were decreased during the fasting, whereas percent-fat was increased. After fasting, patients have the dietary period. During this period BMR and LBM were increased and the decrease of percent-fat was continued.
Conclusions: It seems that fasting therapy with keeping up well-controlled dietary period and receiving oriental medical management can be useful to decrease percent-fat in obese patients.
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KEYWORD
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Fasting therapy, Body composition, Obese adolescents, Lean body mass(LBM), Percent-fat
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