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Suneeta Sunny

Planning To Lose Weight? Here's A Technique Recommended For Men

The study found that cash incentives could drive men to lose weight. (Credit: Image by drobotdean on Freepik)

Here's some good news for men starting their weight loss journey. A simple intervention technique that involves receiving text messages with cash incentives could improve their chances of losing weight by around four times, a recent study revealed.

The Game of Stones study led by the research team from the University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K., that followed up 585 men with obesity for a year found that cash incentives could drive men to lose weight. Those who received up to £400 ($507) along with text messages lost the most weight, according to the results presented at the European Congress of Obesity.

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