Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Weight Loss

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 395-406

  Steyer, Terrence E ^a   Ables, Adrienne ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary therapies; Dietary supplements; Hypnosis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; COLECALCIFEROL; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; EPHEDRINE ALKALOID; FISH OIL; GUARANA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P57; PYRUVIC ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APPETITE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; GARCINIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART PALPITATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOOSE FECES; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 66149184297     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.01.011     Document Type: Review

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