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Business Responds to Needs of Obese

  • October 28, 2003

More than two-thirds of U.S. adults meet the government's definition of being overweight, and one in five is obese. New vendors like Amplestuff.com are catering to the obese market. They offer seat-belt extenders that can be discreetly taken aboard planes by passengers. Online shoppers also can buy oversized clothing hangers so that larger garments won't fall off, bathroom scales in increments of 400, 500 or 1,000 pounds, and 96-inch dressmaker tape measures. Even casket builders are turning...