Financial incentives and weight control
Financial incentives and weight control
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.12.024
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发表时间：
2012-11-01
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5.1
通讯作者：
Jeffery, Robert W.
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作者：
Jeffery, Robert W.
本文回顾了1972年至2010年间评估使用财务激励来促进体重控制的研究。它概述了与激励有关的行为理论，并描述了评估激励具体方面的实证研究。经济激励与体重控制的研究已经有30多年的历史了。早期的研究以心理学的操作性学习概念为指导，而最近的研究则依赖于经济学理论。这两种理论取向都认为，为减肥提供经济奖励应该能激励人们从事有助于减肥的行为。实证研究有力地支持了这一观点。然而，由于激励规模和时间表的差异，以及环境因素，结果差异很大。因此，关于激励措施使用的许多重要问题尚未得到明确的回答。使用财政激励来维持体重的研究特别少，因此它们在解决肥胖的公共健康问题方面的长期功效和价值尚不清楚。在体重控制中持续应用激励的主要障碍是资金来源和可能受益的人的接受程度。(C) 2011爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
This paper reviews research studies evaluating the use of financial incentives to promote weight control conducted between 1972 and 2010. It provides an overview of behavioral theories pertaining to incentives and describes empirical studies evaluating specific aspects of incentives. Research on financial incentives and weight control has a history spanning more than 30 years. Early studies were guided by operant learning concepts from Psychology, while more recent studies have relied on economic theory. Both theoretical orientations argue that providing financial rewards for losing weight should motivate people to engage in behaviors that produce weight loss. Empirical research has strongly supported this idea. However, results vary widely due to differences in incentive size and schedule, as well as contextual factors. Thus, many important questions about the use of incentives have not yet been clearly answered. Weight-maintenance studies using financial incentives are particularly sparse, so that their long-term efficacy and thus, value in addressing the public health problem of obesity is unclear. Major obstacles to sustained applications of incentive in weight control are funding sources and acceptance by those who might benefit. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.