THE mayor of Houston, Texas has pushed back against the opening of a "robot brothel" in the city, where men could pay $60 for sex with a life-like silicon doll.
Mayor Sylvester Turner said the brothel is "not the sort of business" people wanted in the city, after the plans sparked outrage among residents and community groups.
The "love dolls brothel" is the brainchild of Yuval Gavriel, who runs a similar "warehouse' in Toronto where patrons "try before they buy" at around $2,000 to $5,000 each.
Could you face a challenge to shed 100,000 kg of bodyweight?
Local doctor, Carlos Pineiro, 63, has thrown down the gauntlet to the 40,000 people of Naron, perched on the coast of Spain's Galicia region, known for its often gargantuan dishes.
Naron counts 9,000 overweight residents, while a further 3,000 are obese, Pineiro says.
"In Spain where people say that you can eat everything in the pig, from the tip of the tail to the tip of the nose, the first food I stripped from my diet are tripe, pork belly and cold cuts.
"The rainy weather means people stay at home a lot with a huge daily ingestion of calories."
A study by the Spanish Society of Cardiology highlighted the issue, stimulating Pineiro's initiative, which includes field exercise programs.
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