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    Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to 'avoid the kebab shop' in NHS's 'Game of Stones' trial
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    Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to ‘avoid the kebab shop’ in NHS’s ‘Game of Stones’ trial


    Fat men offered up to £400 to lose weight and given daily texts urging them to ‘avoid the kebab shop’ in NHS’s ‘Game of Stones’ trial

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13416861/Dieters-offered-400-cash-incentive-texts-GP-lose-weight-NHS.html

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    1. CasualSmurf on

      This sounds like a good incentive to promote a healthier lifestyle. But I can’t help thinking that if this was aimed at women, it would be labelled as misogynistic and fat phobic.

    2. One-Confusion-2438 on

      Now we understand why there’s no money to fund the police, or build new hospitals! Gov has to stop pissing money down the drain.

    3. Reasonable_Blood6959 on

      “Fat women offered £400 to lose weight, and sent daily texts urging them to “avoid the Krispy Kreme stand and go to the gym””

      Yeah. Let’s see how long that would last.

    4. rightwhingersRkunts on

      When am I gonna get offered money with texts saying “avoid the cocaine”

    5. zillapz1989 on

      “levels of weight loss achieved were much greater than that seen in slimming classes”

      This made me laugh, turns out sending people daily texts telling them that they’re fat is an effective method of weight loss. Bullying works.

    6. limaconnect77 on

      Some unfortunate parallels with the actual GoT (both books and TV show) there – the author is a Weight Watchers ‘before’ picture and the last season of the TV adaptation was a nosedive because the writers were too busy thinking about Star Wars.

    7. CastleMeadowJim on

      Stones? What year is this?

      Better get some running shoes from the cobbler and some new workout clothes from the haberdashery. Just mind that you don’t spend too many shillings and crowns.

    8. hitanthrope on

      I see absolutely no flaws in this, “here’s £400, definitely don’t buy a kebab with it!”, plan.

    9. SteviesShoes on

      Why should fat people be offered any money at all? They should receive the texts though.

    10. General-Tale-73 on

      Why don’t they mention English breakfasts, fish and chips and Greggs?

      Funny how you can lay down a 5000-calorie plate with pesticides and nitrates in it, with sausages made from rusk, pigs’ asses and uteruses, and people will lap it up, but a FOREIGN bit of grilled meat is obviously to blame. Toykin are cuntry BACK boy vemoovin’ kebab!

    11. toastyroasties7 on

      Anyone want to join my fit to fat to fit club? We all gain 15kg then lose it again and get £400.

    12. gaztaseven on

      I’ve never been a fat cunt and I continue to avoid being a fat cunt. Where’s my £400

    13. ElegantPancake on

      Here’s a thought: why not spend the £400 on getting them a personal trainer and gym membership?