From the office cubicle to factory assembly lines, accommodating bigger workers has become a constant consideration for the country's employers.
It's not just the health of workers that has employers worried. Studies estimate compensating for obesity costs them upward of $70 billion a year.
Possibly further upping those costs and complicating the issue is a decision this summer by the American Medical Association to classify obesity as a disease, elevating it from a condition.
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