The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-09
Either To Put On Or Take
Off Flesh
New York World)

as means OIL DIMINISHING tne lOSS OF
heat. I'll is formed from the fat and
carbohydrates and, probably, also
from the protein. At first sight 1t
might appear that whenever there is
an excess of nourishment consumed
the surplus should be laid down as
fat, much in the same way that a
banking account grows when more
money is paid in than is drawn out.
But the problem is not nearly SO sim
ply as that, since We all know people
who never appear to be able to be.
come plump no matter how much they
eat. There are also cases in which
the converse is true, namely, fat peo-
pie who eat apparently less than their
size or weight would warrant and yet
who continue to grow fatter.
Fat is deposited in the tissues, un-
der the skin, on the abdominal walls,
between the muscular fibers and on
many of the internal organs. 1t ap-
pears last on the abdominal walls,
and, when required to manufacture
energy, disappears from this region
in the first instance.
Despite what has been said, it may
be set down, as a general rule, that
most corpulent people eat more, both
absolutely and relatively, than spare
people. When, however, they are so
excessively corpulent that they are
unable to take exercise or even
breathe frely, then, doubtless, a guam
tity of nutriment less than their nor
NAL will suffice still further to in
crease their stores of fat. 1t is in
these circumstances that one so often
hears the pathetic statement from
the stout person that he cannot i'm
agine how he manages to exist at all,
as he eats SO very little.
Now, banking account can Increase
by only one of two methOds-by add
ing something and taking nothing
away, or by taking away, less than
Is added. Likewise person can grow
stout by only two methods-by eating
a little more than is absolutely neces-
sary or by exercising so little that the
of energy, in the form
of work is much less than the income
in the shape of food and drink. Doubt
less both methods are in operation in
most cases, and it is we'll to remem-
Der that quite 40 per cent of obese
peopl inhrit tn tndncy, which is an ad-
Ilitional rason for extreme caution in
If the fat person would only think
how little is acquired each day to
make the difference between laying on
flesh and standing still in that regard
he would hardly wonder at his daily
growing proportions. Half an ounce
per day means a quarter of pound
per week--a pound per month";
pounds per year. 1t is no unusual
thing, under proper conditions, to put
ON one pound per day and to keep this
up for quite number OF weeks.
In many cases the trouble is to be
attributed to the afternoon tea with
it's half pint or so Of hot, fatty sac
cherine solution in the shape of tea,
coffe or cocoa, and its swet cake or
bread and butter and preserves. This
meal is always superfluous to the per-
son who partakes of three meals per
day, and at the best is only time
for the inhibition Of fluid. 1t is alto
gether too seductive to the man in
clined to avoirdupois.
The factors favoring obesity are:
G). Increased income. An excess
of food in the form Of sufficiency of
protein with an abundance of fats and
carbohydrates. The best example of
this is to be seen in the butcher, who
freely partakes of the ample supply
of highly nitrogenous food which is
always at his hand. 1t is rare to find
a thin butcher or one free from gout.
(2). Diminished expenditure, or in
adequate breaking down of the mater
ials within the body in some shape or
form:
(a). Diminished muscular activity,
Hence the man who sleeps much and
takes too little exercise gets fat.
(b). Diminished mental activity.
Hence the man of phlegmatic temper
ament is likely to become stout
(c). Diminished respiratory activi.
ty. Hence the fat man tends to be-
come more fat, because ia ton the alb.
domen lessons the movement of the
diaphragm and increases the adipose
tissue.
(d). Diminished number Of red
blood corpuscles. Hence the anaemic
person tends to adiposity, because OK
idation is less than normal,
(e). The consumption of alcohol
causes the accumulation of fat in two
ways: Q) Because, being easily burnt