South Korea has seen the obesity rate of children triple in the last three years, and the country isn't content to sit back and watch that number grow along with the children's waistlines. The country is planning to offer money to schools whose students' BMI indicate obesity.

The students won't be able to use that money for more sweets. Instead, the schools will give the students vouchers that can only be used in particular places, like, apparently, the gym.

You might wonder why the government wants to pay schools with unhealthily heavy students -- I know I did. According to the ministry, childhood obesity-related costs to the government and the economy in 2006 were $2 trillion (yes, with a "t"), so giving the schools money to fight this trend is truly cost effective. What do you think?

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Dry winter skin deserves attention for sure, but in some spas in China and South Korea, bathers are tossing out their loofahs and jumping in the tub with hundreds of little fish.

Nicknamed "doctor fish" or "nibble fish," the Garra Rufa can live off the dead cells of human skin, and also survive in steamy waters. Bathers take a soak in hot springs filled with the fish, and are said to only feel a tingling sensation while the tiny fish clear their dead skin away, leaving a fresh layer of healthy skin behind.

Even if the opportunity arose, I'm not sure I'd jump at the chance. What about you? Does this sound like a relaxing day at the spa, or does it make you think about being a contestant on Fear Factor?

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