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Taiwan Quick Take: Diet `god' booked until 2008

A military physician who has become known as the "god of weight loss" in southern Taiwan has more than 2,000 patients on his waiting list. Lin Sheng-chang (林聖章) of the Kaohsiung Military Hospital, has a waiting list of patients so long that people, mostly women, who want to see Lin for weight loss consultations must wait until May 2008, medical sources said yesterday. Lin's "trick," according to his patients who have successfully lost weight, is to put them on a diet and give them ear acupuncture. The cost for seeing Lin is low, averaging NT$300 per treatment, and Lin prescribes "tailor-made" weight-cutting strategies for each patient he attends to, they said. Lin's patients must follow his regulations strictly or risk being dropped by him, said a patient surnamed Chen, who lost 5kg in three months. Lin apparently also employs spies to make sure his patients are not visiting night markets or fast-food restaurants, Chen said.

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