Yanks refuse to cash in potato chips
Paying American adults to lose weight didn't work. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, allows US companies to use up to 30% of the medical aid premiums they pay for staff as incentives to reward healthy behaviour.But a study published yesterday showed that none of the 197 people recruited for the study lost any weight a year later.Staff were randomised into different groups, one that earned nothing for losing weight and other groups that could reduce their medical aid premiums or, if successful, enter a lottery in which a winner would earn prize money.Participants had to lose 5% of their body weight over a year.The study was conducted by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.In South Africa, Discovery Vitality programme rewards members for healthy behaviour. ..
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