Big Profits: 7 Companies Cashing In on Americans’ Obesity (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Once the domain of big and tall shops and companies hawking weight-loss products and services, the plus-size business is expanding about as rapidly as Americans’ waist lines. Companies selling all manner of lifestyle and home products aimed at making life easier for overweight consumers are selling everything from super sturdy folding chairs to oversized toilets, sunglasses and caskets. Here are seven companies that are cashing in on America’s obesity epidemic.