• Dr. Ritu Ajitkumar Lalwani

Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents are a major public health issue in India. Whilst many factors (genetic, cultural, socioeconomic and environmental) contribute to develop obesity during childhood, a multidisciplinary intervention (nutritional, behavioural and exercise) is the best approach to improve weight loss. In India, the use of homeopathy for obesity is widespread. Although there are some homeopathic medicines used for obese individuals, there is a lack of well-designed clinical trials to demonstrate its efficacy in weight loss. Calcarea carbonica ostrearum is a homeopathic mineral medicine. It has been demonstrated that Calcarea carbonica has an effect in reducing the percentage of fat in adolescents. Therefore, a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel, superiority trial with a 3 month study duration, will be conducted to prove the efficacy and safety of Calcarea carbonica ostrearum in reducing weight, body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage, as well as, to prove its effect on the lipid profile, fasting serum glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and insulin.

Obesity, Multidisciplinary intervention, Homeopathy, Calcarea carbonica ostrearum

"A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PARALLEL, SUPERIORITY TRIAL WITH HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CALCAREA CARBONICA OSTREARUM FOR OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no.g799-g808, January-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401692.pdf

"A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PARALLEL, SUPERIORITY TRIAL WITH HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE CALCAREA CARBONICA OSTREARUM FOR OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no. ppg799-g808, January-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401692.pdf