Government program tied to weight gain in adults

Give 'em money and they will eat it.

"A Mexican government program that offers cash assistance to encourage healthy habits may paradoxically result in excess weight gain and higher blood pressure in some adults, a study suggests.

The program, which gives impoverished families cash in exchange for attendance at annual medical check-ups and nutrition classes, has been held up as a model for the rest of the world."

And it is - a model of a really bad idea.

Like the silly, stupid idea of paying people to lose weight.

"The researchers found that among nearly 3,700 adults who entered the program 5 to 6 years earlier, those who received larger cash amounts were more likely to be overweight or obese or to have elevated blood pressure.

For each doubling in cash amount over the years, the risk of being overweight or obese climbed by 41 percent to 57 percent -- even when a number of other factors, like the participants' education levels and household assets, were weighed."

That's because a pig is a pig no matter what degree it holds or how much it makes.

"There is no clear explanation for the findings, Lia C. H. Fernald and her colleagues report in the Journal of Nutrition."

Yes, there is, you ignorant, blind idiot.

Give the calorically irresponsible money and they will spend it on food.

Is that "clear" enough for you?