In recent decades，obesity has become a global public health problem.It is particularly important to take effective means to intervene in obesity.As reported，obesity is closely related to the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) constitution.The present study reviewed the relevant information on constitution and obesity in ancient books，the distribution characteristics of the constitution in obese people，the research on relevant indicators of obese people with different constitutions，and the effect of the intervention on obese people，aiming to summarize the related research on obesity and TCM constitution and provide certain references for subsequent research.