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The obese population is constantly increasing worldwide which is a matter of serious concern opined primarily by the medical professionals and followed with end-user products designers, technologists and scientific community. The obese individuals are inclined to experience series of foothealth consequences that are leading to enormous fear and threat and lack of confidence amongst this specific community. The heaviness of Body Mass Index is the threatening factor for the development of various health problems associated with foot. It is also observed that footwear is an important player of aggravating the foot related consequences especially for obese people. The footwear of inappropriate match of foot characteristics would develop discomfort for the beneficiaries. Hence, the significance of footwear necessitates specific attention in order to render foot-comfort solutions and advantages for the obese individuals in the present scenario. In this study, an attempt has been made to evolve design features on footwear and conduct experimental analysis on functional dynamics of footwear for obese. In the current research study, the external design configurations with different angles especially on the heel regions of footwear would be developed and their efficacies with respect to design angles over the energy absorption, load dissipation, ground reaction forces would be scientifically analysed to ascertain the optimum footwear for the beneficiaries. Initially, data on foot morphological characteristics of obese individuals are collected for statistical analysis. The Pearson Correlation analysis revealed the Body Mass Index, fitting girth and ankle girth possess significant linear relationship with positive correlation. There is no much significance found between body mass index and length of foot. The findings on the foot characteristics of obese individuals revealed significant difference with normal foot subjects and the data collected from foot parameters helpful for modeling shoe-last and develop appropriate footwear exclusively for obese.

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