Health Insurers are Using Competitions to Gamify Weight Loss

Many of us agree that the ultimate rewards for successful weight loss are looking great and feeling better. However, how many times have you lost sight of your goal because of the time and work it takes to get there? By using games in health, notably in weight loss, dieters are able to compete and reap rewards to encourage them to stick to their diet plans.

A recent article in AIS Health describes how health insurers are getting involved to keep dieters on track. United Health, Aetna, and Humana have developed competitions for dieters to encourage participation.

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Gamification Roundup – May 14, 2012

This week on the Gamification Roundup, we’re getting corporate: Tim Chang of Mayfield Fund provides some expert insight on incorporating gamification, pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim’s has its first foray into gamification , a beautiful blood pressure tracking app called BloodNote engages through design, UnitedHealth is starting to bring gamification into their activities, and a high Klout score…

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