| Free Travel in Exchange for 10 Squats in Mexico Kiran Moodley - The Independent | |
| go to original July 22, 2015 |
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Mexico City gives away metro tickets in exchange for users doing 10 squats. (Independent)
The possible cure for obesity has been discovered in Mexico: offer people free travel if they exercise.
After the country was ranked second in the world for obesity, with an estimated 37 million people overweight, drastic measures were resorted to in the nation's capital, Mexico City.
Mexico City Metro, which services over 1 billion people every year, introduced 30 "health stops" in 21 stations across the city, where an electric meter counts the number of squats an individual performs.
Mexico City Metro are offering 50,000 free tickets to people who complete 10 squats.
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