Money Motivates Weight Loss -- One Step at a Time

When a health insurer told obese people they could either pay 20 percent more for coverage or start exercising, most of them decided to get active, according to a new study. More than 6,500 obese people insured by Blue Care Network enrolled in a pedometer-based program to obtain insurance discounts, and the majority met their fitness goals, researchers found. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_136631.html