The Price Is Right for Weight Loss

Participants given financial incentives in a weight-loss study had more success shedding pounds.

Health reform must address this issue through both costs and incentives. From what I've heard, incentives are not as effective as costs. We have to make sure that employees are held accountable for their health as there is an economic burden for the rest of society, but also that they are encouraged through incentives to make the right choices in healthy eating and exercise.

If driving under the influence puts pedestrians and others at risk, so does obesity. It puts the rest of the country at risk with increased healthcare and related costs.

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