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Cash Incentives Help Dieters Shed More Pounds, Researchers Find
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Financial incentives for losing weight help people shed more pounds than programs that don’t affect dieters’ wallets, a study found.
Participants who received money monthly for losing weight or paid into a pool when they didn’t meet goals, dropped 9.1 pounds on average, compared with 2.3 pounds for those without cash incentives, according to research released today in advance of the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Francisco.