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To: epicure who wrote (61934)	4/26/2008 7:04:16 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

Ha apparently I'm not the only one to think of this, and guess what? Paying people to lose weight works :-) washingtonpost.com "An average of 140 employees at Wesley Willows participate in the program, which started eight months ago. They get $3 per percentage point of weight lost. Together, they have lost 806 pounds. Holmgaard said the company has spent $11,500 on the Tangerine program, including rewards. The company's health-care costs have tumbled more than $146,000. "Certainly paying them gets their attention," Holmgaard said."

To: epicure who wrote (61934)	4/26/2008 7:07:47 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

I'm just afraid there may be some consequences to those operations that are not present with diet and exercise. Actually, FYI, they're starting to find a high death rate five years or so out there for folks who have had them. Causation yet TBD. They don't HAVE to lose weight- they only have to if they want the money. So, how much are you offering?