That’s not what OP said, they said the government should pay people to lose weight. As if getting a $100 check in the mail each month would change people’s behavior. It just lacks any real understanding of why people are overweight to begin with.
for example I have for force myself to eat vegetables, cant stand them, no matter how they are prepared, I have a heightened sensitivity to bitter things. It is not a cost issue that prevents me (and many others I know) from eating "healtly" things, it is fact that to us they taste like crap
and yes I know "how to prepare them", I am actually a pretty decent cook, and tried every preparation method known to man, just my taste buds reject veggies, especially cooked veggies, Salads greens, Spinach, Green Peppers, Tomato's, Cabbages, etc are tolerable and make up the bulk of my vegetable intake
money is a motivator
losing weight sucks because the changes are slow
weekly payments could help with motivation
this would create a dystopian nightmare but people would be thinner