Buffalo Entices Its Employees to Seek a Healthier Lifestyle

To grab employees' attention last winter, the human-resources department at the State University of New York at Buffalo held a "Move It to Lose It" contest, based on the television show The Biggest Loser. Fifteen pairs of employees working together on fitness goals lost a combined 600 pounds by the end of the 12-week contest.

"It came at the right time to help me get motivated," says Kathy A. Garcia, who works in the facilities department at the university. She won a flat-screen TV for

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