The Study of the Relationship and Discourse of Obesity in the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine

• Main Author: 張莉莉
• Other Authors: 呂萬安
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90791724976515993850

碩士 === 佛光大學 === 生命學研究所 === 101 === As the lifestyle westernized in recent years,obesity became not just the global concern but as the main factor for causing chronic diseases and cancers. If the experiences and observation obtained both from modern medical and traditional Chinese medical (TCM) can be complementary combined, there will enhance the effect on the health of people. This study used the cross-sectional questionnaire survey with the convenience sampling method. The study objects were the 191 students, which BMI 24, from the colleges at the Yilan County. The data were collected in questionnaire include personal information and type of TCM syndrome on obesity. The analysis parameters include frequency distribution, analytic percents, means, standard deviations, independent -sample t-test, crosstab Chi-square test, and variances. The results showed that there were 68.6% male (131 persons) and 31.4% female (60 persons) with an average age at 21.0 (SD= 2.5)in this study. The indexes of obesity (waist measurement, waist-to-hip ratio, and body fat percentage), Hemodynamics (systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure)were all significant difference from gender. Above all the indexes, the indexes of male were all higher than female, except the body fat percentage, which of female is higher than those of male. The waist measurement, waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage, hemodynamics and gender were all positive correlation from the degree of obesity (overweight:24≦ BMI≦26.9, mild- obesity :27≦BMI≦29.9, moderate obesity:30≦BMI≦34.9, and severe obesity:BMI≧35)with significant difference. The data obtained from the differentiation of TCM syndrome showed that there were on type of stomach heat and dampness, which give the highest; others include type of spleen deficiency and dampness, type of liver stasis and qi stagnation, and type of yin deficiency with heat. The gender and complications of obesity were all correlation from the differentiation of TCM syndrome with significant difference. The results of this study provide us the information on health as well as a new thinking and method from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.