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Mexican researchers design special shoe for obesity sufferers

04/04/2013

Mexican researchers have announced the results of a study into the effects of obesity on people’s feet. A team at León-based footwear research and development centre Ciatec concluded that people suffering from obesity tend to have feet that are up to 1.4 millimetres longer than non-obese people of the same height, and that heel-width can increase ...

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