Look a weigh!(What's new? Toys galore & more) (bathroom scales with a large dial)

The growing trend toward obesity has become a national concern over the past few years, much cautioned about by medical spokesmen, ballyhooed in the media, and, for the most part, bemoaned by Americans watching their waists swell. New diets are proliferating almost daily, and "carb" has become the most reviled four-letter word on many people's lips. Amidst this furor, there are silent witnesses attesting to the results of caloric sinning--our scales.

Sitting on our bathroom floors, their fate is to be stepped upon, then nonjudgmentally to reveal the awful truth about our soaring weight. However, what if the information they reveal cannot be seen? In all too many cases, the numbers are so small that they are difficult, if not impossible, to read, especially for those with less than 20-20 eyesight. Others having problems seeing the results are perhaps those who need them most--individuals whose stomachs protrude so far that they obscure the view below!

Fortunately for those in either or both of these categories, they have a friend at Taylor Precision Products, LLC, Oak Brook, III.

Taylor's Precision Tech Professional Fitness Scales boast rackand-pinion engineering to make them pinpoint accurate up to 330 pounds, with a dual-layer steel platform for added strength, vitally important when the person being weighed starts registering near the upper levels of the instrument's ca pacify. By reducing the number of friction points in the inner mechanism and anchoring the balance rods with hardened steel, friction on the parts is minimized, preserving accuracy. Meanwhile, an extra-large platform provides ample room for placing one's feet, and...