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Re:Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity by skushch on Friday June 05, 2009 @05:15PM (#644010)
"Some simple interventions can do much toward encouraging people to take the stairs, research suggests. For example, a study performed at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building found that playing music in stairwells and displaying motivational signs significantly increased the use of stairs."

Stairwell music?

Re:Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity by thetrumanshow on Friday June 05, 2009 @05:25PM (#644030)
Sure, why not? After going up 14 flights of stairs I'm already breathing hard, which can be embarassing when there are others around. I'd prefer music to silence where everyone can hear you plodding and gasping.