Table 2.

Beliefs about helpfulness of wellness benefits and willingness to pay

	%	n
Wellness benefit would be helpful	83	500
Wellness benefit would not be helpful	17	100
Most helpful wellness benefita
Gym membership	27	136
Financial incentive	27	133
Commercial weight loss program	16	80
Weight loss program in your doctor’s office	10	48
Classes in nutrition/healthy living	9	46
Web-based resources for nutrition/healthy living	7	35
Health coaching or other benefit	5	21
Willingness to pay annually for wellness benefit ($)a
0	66	328
50–99	21	106
100–199	8	40
200 or more	5	26
Insurers should be able to charge obese individuals more
Strongly Agree/Agree	26	158
Neither	26	154
Strongly Disagree/Disagree	48	289

^aIncludes only those who responded that a wellness benefit would be helpful

Note: Percentages may not sum to 100%, due to rounding.