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Tue 11 Nov 2009Needling issue of weight loss
About 80 per cent of Chinese people use acupuncture to treat obesity, writes SYLVIA THOMPSON
ACUPUNCTURE HAS a well-established reputation for helping people with various problems from giving up smoking to dealing with chronic pain. However, helping people lose weight is not something we associate with the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice.
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