Radical new plans to pay overweight people if they manage to lose weight have been proposed.
The obesity crisis will see employers get funding to offer incentives for staff who slim down.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said that the incentives could come in the form of prizes, vouchers or even cash.
The NHS, which revealed the plan as part of a shake-up of the healthcare system, already pays for seriously obese patients to go to slimming classes.
But this would be the first time it gets companies to help tackle obesity.
More than two thirds of UK adults are clinically overweight or obese and the NHS spends £5billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses.
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