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Nutritious produce can be expensive Gary John Norman/Getty Images A growing body of evidence suggests that paying people to lose weight could be an effective treatment for . While this seems to imply that the condition boils down to just lifestyle choices – an idea doctors have moved away from in recent years – it probably isn’t that simple. Worldwide, , a figure that has more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among teenagers since 1990.

Obesity is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer,...



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