from the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol
The Game of Stones research study offered men £400 for losing weight
A major UK study led by health experts at the University of Stirling in partnership with the universities of Bristol; New Brunswick, Canada; Aberdeen; Glasgow and Queen’s University Belfast, has found that offering text messages with financial incentives is effective in helping men to lose weight.
Primary care data on more than 1.8 million adults with overweight or obesity found that only about 3 percent were referred to weight management interventions.
Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being overweight or obesity, only 3 percent are referred to publicly funded weight management programmes, according to a new University of Bristol-led study published today [28 Sep] in PLOS Medicine.