More than 30million people in Britain are overweight - and the statistics continue to rise. Of those, 12million are considered obese, according to official statistics.
Being overweight can have a significant negative impact on a person's health. Despite the obvious problems such as increased fatigue and breathlessness, there are deeper concerns.
It is not just the effect on the quality of life that is significant; being overweight greatly increases an individual's risk of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Additionally, the problem of obesity in this country not only affects the individual but society as a whole. Treating people with conditions related to being overweight costs the National Health Service more than £4billion a year.
As the problem appears to grow, three has also been a deluge of ever more elaborate ways to entice people to do something about the size of their waistlines.
We are all aware of the traditional methods of losing weight, such as low-calorie diets, slimming clubs, meal replacement plans, diet pills and exercise routines.
The trouble with these options is that they require a lot of willpower and it can be difficult to maintain commitment, despite setting out with the best intentions.
But what if money became your motivation to lose weight? A more radical method that is now proving popular uses cash as an incentive to shed the pounds.
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Source: Metro
Press release document: http://www.metro.co.uk
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