Open AccessThe 'Pounds for Pounds' weight loss financial incentive scheme: an evaluation of a pilot in NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent
Author(s) -
Clare Relton,
Mark Strong,
J. Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr030
Subject(s) - incentive , business , finance , scheme (mathematics) , medicine , environmental health , optometry , economics , mathematics , microeconomics , mathematical analysis
Financial incentive programmes have the potential to modify health-related behaviours, including those associated with achieving weight loss. This study evaluated a pilot NHS commissioned financial incentive weight loss programme, based on the commercial Weight Wins 'Pounds for Pounds' programme.
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