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Korean traditional medicine (KM) offers diverse therapeutic approaches for obesity management. This study aims to update the Korean Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines (KMCPGs) by incorporating recent evidence to improve the effectiveness of KM\u2010based obesity care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The KMCPGs were updated through systematic searches of eight databases for studies published up to December 31, 2022. Evidence quality and recommendation strength were evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) framework.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The updated KMCPGs present 20 clinical recommendations, including 7 for KM monotherapies and 13 for KM combination therapies. The recommendations include herbal medicine (A\/high), individualized ephedra\u2010containing prescriptions (GPP), acupuncture (B\/low), auricular acupuncture (C\/low), electroacupuncture (B\/low), pharmacopuncture (B\/moderate), TEA (C\/low), and 13 combination therapies ranging from grade B to C or GPP. Most recommendations focus on anthropometric outcomes, including body weight, BMI, WC, and body fat\u2010related measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The update of the KMCPGs underscores the clinical value of KM interventions in obesity management while emphasizing the need for further high\u2010quality studies to strengthen the evidence. 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