Sizing up: how stadiums, hospitals and airlines are adapting to rise in obesity

Spectators at a sporting event. Providing seats for larger football fans is now standard practice at matches. Photograph: Matt Campbell/EPA

With a study predicting that by 2050 more than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese, a swathe of industries are adapting to accommodate larger bodies. From hospitals to transport, stadiums to crematoriums, here are some of the adjustments being made.

Sports stadiums