Jackpot! Caregivers Win Big with Weight Loss
January 17, 2019 Leave a comment
Congratulations to the hard-working winners of the fall 2018 HealthyWage Jackpot Challenge! For this challenge, 28 UMass Memorial Health Care caregivers teamed up to see who could lose the most weight in a 12-week period. The winning team was The Bod Squad, whose team members lost an average of 6.26 percent body weight. Team members split the jackpot and won $252 each! Not only did they win big, all benefits-eligible HealthyWage challenge participants earned points in the myHealth Matters portal under the Manage Your Weight challenge. Want to get in on the action? Watch for new HealthyWage challenges in 2019.
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The Medical School seeks candidates to join an eight-week, mindfulness-based stress reduction research study that investigates interventions for emotional eaters trying to lose weight. Participants will engage in training in formal meditation and informal mindfulness practices. Eligible participants are healthy, 25 to 75 years old, and would like to lose weight. The deadline to sign up is September 16. Participants are required to have a noninvasive MRI and respond to surveys before and after the program. Compensation is provided. For more information, visit the 
The Medical School seeks candidates to join an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction research study that investigates interventions for emotional eaters trying to lose weight. Participants will engage in training in formal meditation and informal mindfulness practices. Eligible participants are healthy, 25 to 75 years old, have not yet lost weight but would like to lose weight. Participants are required to have a noninvasive MRI and respond to surveys before and after the program. Compensation is provided. For more information, visit 
