"The review suggests that acupuncture is an effective therapy for simple obesity rather than a placebo effect."

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32015189/

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Yu-Mei Zhong 1, Xiao-Chao Luo 1, Yang Chen 1, De-Li Lai 1 2, Wen-Ting Lu 1, Ya-Nan Shang 1, Lin-Lin Zhang 1, Hai-Yan Zhou 3