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Archive for August 20th, 2007

Getting Paid to Lose Weight

Men living in the northwestern Italian town of Varallo will receive 50 euros ($70) for losing 4 kg (9 pounds) in a month. Women will get the same amount for shedding 3 kg (7 pounds). If they can keep the weight off for 5 months, they will get another 200 euros ($280), he told [...]

A study of over a thousand children demonstrated that overweight children were absent 20% more than normal weight children. What was interesting about the study is that the absenteeism was not related to â??being sick.â?
According to researcher, Andrew B Geier, the children were avoiding school due to â??the stigma and the bullying that [...]

 


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