To the Editor: Obesity in adults presents significant issues for health care providers, including practical problems in transporting and accommodating large individuals, and in performing standard tests and investigations.1 However, this issue has been little addressed in the mortuary setting, although a recent media report detailed the need for larger crematorium furnaces to accommodate oversized coffins, as well as larger graves for burials.2
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