Table 1.
Search strategy used in Pubmed database.
| Search strategy used in Pubmed database. | |
| Number | Search terms |
| 1 | Obesity. Mesh |
| 2 | Overweight. Ti, ab |
| 3 | Adiposity. Ti, ab |
| 4 | adiposis. Ti, ab |
| 5 | nutrition disorders. Ti, ab |
| 6 | Overnutrition. Ti, ab |
| 7 | Simple obesity. Ti, ab |
| 8 | Obesity obese. Ti, ab |
| 9 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases. Ti, ab |
| 10 | Weight loss. Ti, ab |
| 11 | Weight control. Ti, ab |
| 12 | OR 1–11 |
| 13 | Leptin resistance. Ti, ab |
| 14 | Acupuncture. Mesh |
| 15 | manual acupuncture. Ti, ab |
| 16 | electro-acupuncture. Ti, ab |
| 17 | auricular acupuncture. Ti, ab |
| 18 | acupoint injection. Ti, ab |
| 19 | Pharmacopuncture. Ti, ab |
| 20 | Acupuncture Treatment. Ti, ab |
| 21 | Acupuncture Treatments. Ti, ab |
| 22 | Acupotomy. Ti, ab |
| 23 | Acupotomies. Ti, ab |
| 24 | OR 14–23 |
| 25 | randomized controlled trial. Pt |
| 26 | controlled clinical trial. Pt |
| 27 | Randomized. Ti, ab |
| 28 | Randomly. Ti, ab |
| 29 | Placebo. Ti, ab |
| 30 | OR 25–29 |
| 31 | 12 and 13 and 24 and 30 |
The search strategy will be modified as required for other electronic database.