While just 12% of employers said they reward or penalize based on target body mass index or cholesterol levels, an additional 16% plan to do so in 2012.

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And then, as a reward, schedule yourself for a ginko-peppermint body wrap at the spa.

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"As for the government's apparently favoured solution of setting a new body under a royal charter, I cannot decide whether that is intended as a reward for the press for past conduct or a punishment for what they have done, " Lord Fowler said.

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