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Pity Debora Senytka, a design engineer in General Motors' human/vehicle integration department. Her challenge: to create normal-looking vehicles that can accommodate the expanding derrieres bottom lines of the expanding American without giving up the cup holders and consoles, DVD screens and air bags that drivers have come to expect.
America's growing obesity "was never considered" up until five years ago, Senytka said. Now it's "a very real situation." The problem is finding the space to fit a wider passenger "because there's so much more going into a vehicle than there was 10 years ago."
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