The results showed that both MAMT and MAT could reduce body weight
and BMI significantly, compared with the pretreatment values, for all the participants
(p < 0.001); however, the differences in body weight and BMI reductions between preand
posttreatment for the MAMT and the MAT groups were not statistically significant.
The optimal periods for reductions in both body weight and in BMI were the first 4 days.
Accounting for the economic strategy (time and money) in alternative therapy, MAT alone
may present a reasonable option in the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults.