Small Cash Rewards for Big Losers

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dc.creatorAugurzky, Boris
dc.creatorBauer, Thomas K.
dc.creatorReichert, Arndt R.
dc.creatorSchmidt, Christoph M.
dc.creatorTauchmann, Harald
dc.date2015-07-17T19:50:17Z
dc.date2015-07-17T19:50:17Z
dc.date2015-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:53:02Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, the potential of monetary incentives to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were assigned to two treatment groups, which were promised different cash rewards contingent on the achievement of an individually assigned target weight, and to a control group. Successful participants were subsequently allocated to two treatment groups offered different monetary incentives for maintaining the previously achieved target weight and to a control group. This is the first experiment of this kind that finds sustainable effects of weight loss rewards on the body weight of the obese even 18 months after the rewards were removed. Additional incentives to maintain an achieved body weight improve the sustainability of weight loss only while are in place.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24711408/small-cash-rewards-big-losers-experimental-insights-fight-against-obesity-epidemic
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22222
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412424
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7339
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectPHARMACY
dc.subjectTREATMENT
dc.subjectFLOW
dc.subjectEATING DISORDERS
dc.subjectTIME
dc.subjectPHARMACISTS
dc.subjectRESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
dc.subjectPREVENTION
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPREVENTIVE MEDICINE
dc.subjectEFFECTS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectEPIDEMIC
dc.subjectEATING HABITS
dc.subjectMEASUREMENTS
dc.subjectSCENARIO
dc.subjectMEASURES
dc.subjectESTIMATORS
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectDIETS
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectSCENARIOS
dc.subjectLIFE
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectTESTS
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectSMOKING
dc.subjectWEIGHT‐ LOSS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectOBSERVATION
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHAZARD
dc.subjectMEDICAL CARE
dc.subjectTUMOR
dc.subjectINDICATORS
dc.subjectRESEARCH
dc.subjectSYMPTOMS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENTS
dc.subjectCANCER
dc.subjectENDOCRINOLOGY
dc.subjectMETHODS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDIAGNOSES
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectSCIENCE
dc.subjectMASS
dc.subjectVALIDITY
dc.subjectLIFESTYLE
dc.subjectAGE
dc.subjectHEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEXAMINATIONS
dc.subjectMORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
dc.subjectPSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
dc.subjectSPECIFICATION ERROR
dc.subjectCANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectCHOLESTEROL
dc.subjectSAMPLES
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectSIZE
dc.subjectWEIGHT‐LOSS
dc.subjectSURVEYS
dc.subjectTHERAPY
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectWEIGHT
dc.subjectDENSITY
dc.subjectOBESITY
dc.subjectEXERCISE
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectESTIMATING
dc.subjectDISEASE
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectEVALUATION
dc.subjectISOLATION
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectREHABILITATION
dc.subjectHEART DISEASE
dc.subjectESTIMATES
dc.subjectWEIGHT LOSS
dc.subjectWEIGHT REDUCTION
dc.subjectSMOKING CESSATION
dc.subjectSTRATEGY
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectCORONARY HEART DISEASE
dc.subjectGASTROENTEROLOGY
dc.subjectIMPLEMENTATION
dc.subjectWEIGHTING
dc.subjectSMOKING‐CESSATION
dc.titleSmall Cash Rewards for Big Losers
dc.titleExperimental Insights into the Fight against the Obesity Epidemic
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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