PATIENT DISPLAYS PLASTERS PUT ON ACUPUNCTURE POINTS IN HIS EAR TO REDUCE HIS APPETITE AT THE...

PATIENT DISPLAYS PLASTERS PUT ON ACUPUNCTURE POINTS IN HIS EAR TO REDUCE HIS APPETITE AT THE AIMIN ACUPUNCTURE WEIGHT LOSS HOSPITAL IN TIANJIN. Luigi Fadda, an Italian, displays the plasters put on acupuncture points in his ear to reduce his appetite at the Aimin Acupuncture Weight Loss Hospital in Tianjin, 120 km (75 miles) southeast of Beijng, August 19, 2003. The hospital in northern China specialises in weight loss by means of acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, regular exercise and a strictly controlled diet. More than 20 percent of Chinese adults and about 1.7 billion of the planet's six billion people are overweight, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The World Health Organisation has declared obesity a global epidemic. Photo taken August 19. REUTERS/Andrew Wong PP03080073