Hmmm, interesting question. Would you lose weight if you had a financial incentive to do so? The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) are discussing this issue tomorrow and Friday. I think for me, it would depend on what the incentive was, but ultimately I don't think it would encourage me to be more healthy in the long term. What do you think?
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incentives are a nice way of encouraging people to do something benefical for themselves, but the question is how long will it go?i personally wont like the idea of being paid to do something for myself before i do it.but it varies amongst people and their opinions.
ReplyDeleteI think you've hit the nail on the head there, Alheri. Incentives can only last so long but won't encourage people to make healthy changes for life. It will be interesting to see what conclusions NICE come to on this issue. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteI think you can lose weight if you had a financial incentive to do so. If you want to become healthy than nobody can stops you. Nice post and good thoughts you have put.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for posting! I think you've made a great point: 'if you want to become healthy then nobody can stop you'. It's about finding that inner motivation to lead a more healthy lifestyle.
Of course, not everyone's motivation is money. Some people say that the donut is worth more than any obstacles, and basketball, they will need to jump to win some modest or have smaller monthly medical insurance premium refund.
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