27 November 2018

Incentives and physical activity

Incentives and physical activity: An assessment of the association between Vitality's Active Rewards with Apple Watch benefit and sustained physical activity improvements
RAND 27 November 2018
  • Discovery, and its insurance partners, offer wellness participants the opportunity to join a traditional wellness incentive programme, Vitality Active Rewards, in which an Apple Watch is provided as an incentive up front and repayment is dependent on level of activity.
  • Researchers found that this loss-framed incentive is associated with higher physical activity levels, and that these associations persist over time.