A woman has lost a significant amount of weight after undergoing a minimally-invasive procedure called endoscopic ablation.

An experimental procedure could reduce levels of a hunger-triggering hormone by burning part of a person's stomach lining, a new study reports.

Brooke Nelson said she was over 200 pounds and struggling to lose weight when she decided to take part in a clinical trial of a new, minimally-invasive weight loss procedure. Within six months of the procedure, Nelson said she had lost over 20 pounds and changed how she thinks about food.

The new procedure is non-surgical with a short recovery period, and caused an average weight loss of almost 20 pounds after six months.

Reducing the release of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin through ablation of the gastric fundus lining shows promise for weight loss, a small study found.

A new, limited study shows that burning the stomach lining to reduce the production of hunger hormones leads to weight loss. In a trial that included 10 obese patients, this procedure led to a weight reduction of slightly less than 8%.