Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers : Experimental Insights into the Fight against the Obesity Epidemic

Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers : Experimental Insights into the Fight against the Obesity Epidemic

This paper examines the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, the potential of monetary incentives to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were...

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Main Authors: Augurzky, Boris, Bauer, Thomas K., Reichert, Arndt R., Schmidt, Christoph M., Tauchmann, Harald
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
PHARMACY
TREATMENT
FLOW
EATING DISORDERS
TIME
PHARMACISTS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
PREVENTION
MORBIDITY
DATA COLLECTION
HEALTH CARE
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
EFFECTS
HEALTH
EPIDEMIC
EATING HABITS
MEASUREMENTS
SCENARIO
MEASURES
ESTIMATORS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
KNOWLEDGE
DIETS
DISEASES
SCENARIOS
LIFE
PATIENTS
TESTS
EXPERIMENTS
INTERVENTION
SMOKING
WEIGHT‐ LOSS
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
MIGRATION
OBSERVATION
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
HAZARD
MEDICAL CARE
TUMOR
INDICATORS
RESEARCH
SYMPTOMS
MORTALITY
FIELD EXPERIMENTS
CANCER
ENDOCRINOLOGY
METHODS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DIAGNOSES
WORKERS
SCIENCE
MASS
VALIDITY
LIFESTYLE
AGE
HEALTH EFFECTS
MEDICINE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
EXAMINATIONS
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
SPECIFICATION ERROR
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHOLESTEROL
SAMPLES
MEASUREMENT
SIZE
WEIGHT‐LOSS
SURVEYS
THERAPY
INSURANCE
WEIGHT
DENSITY
OBESITY
EXERCISE
THEORY
ESTIMATING
DISEASE
CLINICS
EVALUATION
ISOLATION
DISABILITY
REHABILITATION
HEART DISEASE
ESTIMATES
WEIGHT LOSS
WEIGHT REDUCTION
SMOKING CESSATION
STRATEGY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
GASTROENTEROLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION
WEIGHTING
SMOKING‐CESSATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24711408/small-cash-rewards-big-losers-experimental-insights-fight-against-obesity-epidemic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22222

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24711408/small-cash-rewards-big-losers-experimental-insights-fight-against-obesity-epidemic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22222

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