Weight loss incentive: money

by angela.booth on December 10, 2008

Would you be motivated to lose weight if someone paid you to do it?

FOXNews.com – Money Inspires People to Lose Weight, Study Says – Health News | Current Health News | Medical News reports:

“‘The notion that there will be some reward in the future is easy to ignore,’ noted Volpp, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and staff physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

The prospect of gaining or losing money in the short-term, by contrast, is hard to ignore.”

Think about ways you could apply this information to your own life. You may think that no one would pay you to lose weight, but perhaps your employer would.

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