CHUNKY Brits could be paid to get daily texts from their GP reminding them to lose weight. A trial found men were ... “Game of Stones”, is ready to be scaled up across the NHS.
Men are being paid up to £400 each by the NHS to lose weight ... “Game of Stones”, is ready to scale up for an NHS rollout. The study, presented at the European Congress on Obesity, recruited ...
The NHS offers financial incentives of up to £400 to obese ... lose weight in a scheme which has proved more successful than other diet plans. The trial, nicknamed 'game of stones', involved men ...
The NHS is paying obese men up to £400 to lose weight while sending text message reminders to shed the pounds. The trial – dubbed Game of Stones ... scheme 'would pay for itself' as ...
Men are being paid up to £400 each by the NHS to lose weight ... “Game of Stones”, is ready to scale up for an NHS rollout. The study, presented at the European Congress on Obesity, recruited ...
NHS could pay obese men £400 to lose weight after a trial found men were more likely to slim down if motivated by a cash prize from the NHS in exchange for receiving weight loss messages and ...
NHS could pay obese men £400 to lose weight after a trial found men were more likely to slim down if motivated by a cash prize from the NHS in exchange for receiving weight loss messages and hitting ...
The year-long study, dubbed 'Game of Stones', involved 585 ... labour-intensive than a traditional weight loss programme. "Men who were living with obesity helped design the structure of the ...
Offering cash incentives to obese people in text messages could help them to lose ... the full £400. Prof Hoddinott said: “We reached an underserved group of men who seldom take part in health ...
Overweight men who were offered a £400 ... short weight appointments, and with money paid out only at the end to those who lose over 5% of their starting weight.” The Game of Stones ...