Canteen at university in China will give discount for students depend on their physical activity

News24xx.com - In an effort to encourage healthy lifestyle, school canteen at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China, launched a new program where students can get food discounts depending on how much they do physical activity. This can be done thanks to a special application installed on the smartphone of the students.

Reported by BBC, students who can walk 10 thousand steps a day will get a food discount of 15 percent. Well if they can reach 40 thousand steps, the discount will increase to 45 percent for that day. To claim a discount a student only needs to show a recording of how much they did physical activity on their smartphone to the canteen lady.

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The application will calculate any physical activity, translate it into footsteps. "So, when they play basketball, smartphones will record data and count it as footsteps" said one canteen manager, Zhang Linqin.

According to Linqin, the idea of ??the program was inspired by what students do during their holiday season. According to him during the holidays many students consumed whatever they want and forget the nutritional balance. China is reportedly experiencing a serious threat of obesity with one study says that more than a quarter of Chinese children will be obese in 2030.

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