Integrated Methods of Control of Body Weight, Appetitis and Food Behavior Using Short-Term Inhalations of High-Concentrated Oxygen with Adding of Grapefruit Oil

Abstract

The article presents the results of using an integrated method of controlling body weight, appetite and eating behavior while using short-term inhalations of highly concentrated oxygen with the addition of grapefruit oil. The results of the study: It was found that the most common form of eating behavior disorder is emotiogenic (60.6%), with an average score of 3.87±0.65. In group 2, in the dynamics of observation, the score for emotiogenic and external eating behavior statetement decreased, and the restrictive type of eating behavior became dominant. Inhalation of highly concentrated oxygen with the addition of grapefruit oil helped to reduce hunger on the visual analogue scale by 72.2% (p<0.05), increased the feeling of fullness by 14.1% (p<0.05), the parameters “Thoughts on food” and “Desired amount of food” decreased by 97.6% and 21.9% (p<0.05). Analysis of the stage-by-stage control data revealed a positive dynamics of the main indicators - a decrease in body weight, as well as a body mass index. In group 2, where inhalation of highly concentrated oxygen with the addition of grapefruit oil was used, a more significant changes (12.6%, p<0.05) were achieved against group 1, where the decrease in average body weight was 4.3%. In terms of body mass index in group 1, the decrease in BMI was 7.3%, in group 2 - 19.7%. It was proved that a more reliable decrease in BMI, WC, TC and WC/TC ratio was detected in patients of the group 2 (p<0.05), who received a comprehensive program with inhalation of highly concentrated oxygen with grapefruit oil. Both groups showed a decrease in WC, TC and WC/TC ratios, but signs of abdominal distribution of adipose tissue persisted.