A chubby aerobics instructor has won the right to operate a Jazzercise franchise:
Ms. Portnick filed her complaint with the city's Human Rights Commission last September, invoking a municipal ordinance, adopted in May 2000, that bars discrimination on the basis of weight and height. In rejecting her as a Jazzercise franchisee because of her hefty appearance, the company's director of franchise programs had told her in a letter: "Jazzercise sells fitness. Consequently, a Jazzercise applicant must have a high muscle-to-fat ratio and look leaner than the public."
