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Business: "Super-Sized" Chairs & Desks For Bigger Kids

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Obese children outgrowing kids' clothing and furniture CNN:
Hertz Furniture, a company that resells office and school furniture, started offering 19-inch chairs for schools three years ago. The biggest desks available before had a height of 18 inches. The taller chairs have deeper depth and wider seating.

 

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Perhaps nothing can be done about the height of children, but I wonder how much is being done to teach the students’ parents. In addition, if any attention to DNA side of the problem has been dealt with.

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