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ea0022p707 | Obesity | ECE2010

Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with obesity: an anthropological approach

Aksoy Duygu Yazgan , Cinar Nese , Levendoglu Fuat , Canikli Yasemin , Yildiz Bulent Okan , Bayraktar Miyase , Usman Aydan , Ilbars Zafer

Introduction: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. For most of CAM, there are key questions that are yet to be answered through well-designed scientific studies. Obesity is one of the chronic health disorders which is difficult to deal and most of the obese patients are unable to lose or keep weight with diet, exercise or...