Cash incentives may help men lose weight, research finds

Shoppers on the high street in Belfast. The year-long trial involved 585 men from Belfast, Bristol and Glasgow. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

Financial incentives of up to £400 alongside text messages could encourage men living with obesity to lose weight, research has found.

The research, known as Game of Stones and presented at the European Congress of Obesity, involved a year-long trial involving 585 men living with obesity from Belfast, Bristol and Glasgow.