In China, treatment centers that use acupuncture as part of a comprehensive program to help people lose weight are becoming popular as China’s growing affluence increases the incidence of obsesity:
“A Chinese “boot camp” for the obese has “pinpointed” a way for them to lose weight — acupuncture.
“It simply speeds up the body’s digestive system,” Dr. Shi Lidong of the Aimin Clinic tells CTV News. “It helps the body get rid of needless fat. It’s very effective.”
One patient undergoing the treatment says the multiple needles really don’t hurt. “Besides, when I lose enough, my girlfriend says we can get married,” he says.
The clinic’s poster child is Meng Qunggang. Upon arrival, he weighed 256 kilograms. After a year, he was down to 90 kg.”
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