Like most Americans, Audrey Brantley, 42, of Birmingham, Alabama, thinks it would be a good idea to get more exercise, eat less fat and lose a few pounds. Until now those decisions have been hers to make. But Brantley, who works for the city as a library assistant, is enrolled in a new kind of health-and-wellness program that has the right, under certain circumstances, to tell her what kind of shape she should try to get into--or take away her insurance coverage. The program, which is run by the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Nursing, has kept the city's health-care...
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