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The Times of India reports successful weight loss experiment
Though there are no details in the article, it implies a technique of a "virtual gastric band", which seems to be a hypnosis session with post-hypnotic suggestions of a surgically implanted band around the stomach.
The article in the Times of India:
Slim trance, the best for weight loss
It does name Sheila Granger as the hypnotherapist reporting the experiment, and a Google search turned up her blog, complete with a blog post explaining the treatment and the results of her 5-week group trial.

