Italian town puts price on pounds
From Times Wire Reports
Overweight residents of the town of Varallo in northwestern Italy will be paid to lose weight, the mayor said.
Men will receive $70 for losing nine pounds in a month, Mayor Gianluca Buonanno said. Women will get the same amount for shedding seven pounds.
If they can keep the weight off for five months, they will get an additional $280, he said.
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