This study was performed to examine the effectiveness of body acupuncture on abdominal fat (assessed by Ultrasonography). Our study will be done completely randomized, double blind controlled clinical trial in obese or overweight (BMI: 25-40) in 18 to 65 years old women. The exclusion criteria are: severe or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, severe or uncontrolled respiratory disease, severe or uncontrolled hematologic disease, severe or uncontrolled kidney disease, severe or uncontrolled neurological disease, patients with complications or severe fearing of needle and who are undergoing bariatric surgery. Sample size for this study is 80 patients. Subjects will receive authentic (cases) or sham (controls) acupuncture for 6 weeks in combination with a low-calorie diet and exercise prescription for weight loss. The participants ask to follow an isocaloric diet for 2 weeks before starting the trial and a low-calorie diet for 6 weeks. The low-calorie diet consisted of 500 kcal deficit per day, less than the individual daily energy expenditure. In the following 12 weeks; they received the low-calorie diet and exercise prescription. Subjects will assess at the beginning, at the end of intervention, 6 and 12 weeks later. For all patients abdominal fat (assess by Ultrasonography), body weight (BW), BMI, and body fat mass, hip circumference (HC), waist circumference (WC), waist hip ratio, biochemical parameters (FBS, ,TG ,HDL ,LDL ,SGOT ,SGPT ,Total cholesterol) and appetite (assess by VAS) will measured.