Effectiveness and safety of herbal medicine on children with simple obesity

Abstract

Introduction: Simple obesity is a type of obesity that does not involve other diseases or medical factors. Obesity is a serious public health problem in children and has become more serious because of the social distancing caused by the coronavirus disease 2019. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of herbal medicine for the treatment of simple childhood obesity. Methods and analysis: We will search 11 international databases, namely Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, the Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, the Research Information Service System, DataBase Periodical Information Academic, Wanfang, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and the Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Journals Database. We will include randomised controlled trials on the application of herbal medicine on children with simple obesity. We will assess the quality of included studies using the Cochrane Handbook criteria version 5.2.0. We will synthesise and analyse the collected data using RevMan 5.3 software. Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval is not required because there are no privacy concerns. The findings of this systematic review will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal. OSF registration number: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/KCNPX.

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“…16 However, due to limitations such as low compliance with current lifestyle interventions and the side effects and high cost of conventional medication for childhood and adolescent obesity, 6 , 7 there is an increasing demand for complementary and integrative medicine that can be combined with lifestyle interventions for children and adolescents who are obese and overweight. 17 , 18 In particular, in South Korea, IKM (including HM and acupuncture) has been actively used for the treatment of children and adolescents who are overweight and obese. However, studies on its actual use, effectiveness, and safety have not been conducted thus far.…”

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“…This results in limited scientific evidence on safety and efficacy for the use of HMPs in children, while there is widespread daily use in clinical practice 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . In spite of this limitation, in recent years systematic reviews were performed on the use of HMPs by children with obesity 6 , respiratory tract infection 7 , gastrointestinal disorders 8 , 9 and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 10 . General aspects of use of HMPs in children have been reviewed by 11 .…”

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“…This results in limited scientific evidence on safety and efficacy for the use of HMPs in children, while there is widespread daily use in clinical practice [2][3][4][5]. In spite of this limitation, in recent years systematic reviews were performed on the use of HMPs by children with obesity [6], respiratory tract infection [7], gastrointestinal disorders [8,9] and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) [10]. General aspects of use of HMPs in children have been reviewed by [11].…”