Researchers at George Washington University in Washington DC, assessed 86 participants who went through a course of 2 weeks of light therapy over the waist, hips, and thighs, for 20 minutes front and 20 minutes back. This procedure was done every other day for the 2 weeks and EACH person reported a statistically significant reduction with the mean loss being around 3 inches, over the 2 week duration <view study>