Men with obesity offered incentives and sent healthy-eating tips in Game of Stones trial found to have lost most weight
Financial incentives of up to £400 alongside text messages could encourage men living with obesity to lose weight, research has found.
The research, known as Game of Stones and presented at the European Congress of Obesity, involved a year-long trial involving 585 men living with obesity from Belfast, Bristol and Glasgow.
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