STUDY FINDS DIETERS CAN BE BRIBED WITH CASH: What would you give up for 20-dollars a month? A new study finds dieters were most successful when offered cash as a bribe for weight loss. The study was done at Mayo Clinic, using 100 of their obese employees as participants. Half of participants were given weight-loss counseling, monthly weigh-ins, and a three-month gym membership. The other half of participants had those things plus financial incentives. The aim was for each person to lose four pounds a month up to a goal that depended on each person's starting weight. If they failed, they had to pay 20-dollars into a fund, and if they succeeded, they got a voucher to collect 20-dollars when the study ended. Part of the fund was used to pay the rewards and the rest of put into a lottery that anyone could win. Additionally the financial-incentives group also earned 10-dollars a month and lottery "tickets" for coming to monthly weigh-ins and texting their weekly weight to study leaders. After a year 27 of the 50 financial-incentive participants came out ahead money wise, and 62-percent of them completed the study versus 26-percent of the other group. On average the money-incentive group members lost a little more than nine-pounds, while the other group members lost just 2.3 pounds. (Fox News)