Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-13
Health Talks by Dr.. Brady
\ Fat Man. Fatu,us rouc,

This fat man is afflicted with what appears
TO bee an extremely popular, dciusion:
Dear boc;or,-i'icasc send me those cxcr-
c!ses read about shor, time ago in your
column weigh 245 pounds and don't &c,
much exercise except morning ana evening
waking about twelve blocks I have tried
SeF"ra! reducing exercises. bu, so far without
any visible results. am stIll ambitious"
Perhaps am guilty OF contributing to this
popular dclnson that one can reduce by TAX
Ing exercises. l have so frequently reiterated
that every individual determines his own
weight by % the amount OF food he con
SuiHeS and cd tho amount OF muscular work
u" does be |; called exercise. play or work
The difficulty which the mere layman has an
paF"nly. In Interpreting this arbitrary law
lies in the very variable influence OF both
factors Thus, man who ordinarily walks
twelve blocks even. twice a day-vhich is
no exercise at all TO speak or-and eats thrr.
square meals. is likely TO pile on Stacker ncsn
after 80 or before 30 in bad cases Now
II thai man reforms. II he undcrEoes a
health revival, Il some insurance examiner or
casual medical friend throws a scare into him
abou; hrh blood pressure or Hrigh,'s disease
or apop!cxy or heart failure. SO that the poor
Fellow adopts what he deems an adcauatc
exercise regimen. walking twelve blocks six
times day even then he Is not likely TO re-
duce appreciably. because he fails to regulate
the other factor. the food intake. and either
natural increase OF appetite or an unnatural
Increase in sclf-!ndulgencc inspired by his
p!ous feeling that he IL doing more work and
hence. needs more "nourishmen,." causes the
poor fellow to eat even moro than he ate be-
fore
4 certain amount Of daily exercise Is in.
d!spcnsabie for the highest health attainment
for any one who IS not actual invalid \
considerable amount of general or special
exercise is unQucstonabIy an aid in general
Or local reduction OF supcrnuous fat But II
is mistake 10 rely upon exercise alone. with
out careful regulation Of the food rations
/" reduce obesity. AS general rule IL isn't
done that way, although gather from the
requests coming TO that a 10, Of fat men
?nd fat women 3 least willing to read
about an attempt to do II that way
This willingness Of fat folks to read abou;
whn; they fatuously ca!i reduction oxcrcIY.s
i pathetic and IT would he bravery IL il were
worth putting into practice
Some thin folks put on needed weigh, by q
faithfully followed systom of daily exercise
Thousands OF underwcl2h, young men from
stores and offices gained an average of twelve
pounds in weight In tn" FIRST few months 81
rigid physical training in TIA. army camps
when we were preparing for war
As Weber and Fields would say If you dom,
take oudt az fast as You put In you'u soon have
a surplus. y surplus 81 "a, does no useful
work and actually acts as a parasite suck
ing away mans energies |, IS ,isrraco
too. for II means the man tor wu:rauJ cats
too much no matter how birdlikc h.. may
imapinc his appetit" is Til" SURPLUS wouldn't
hc there II hc nut IL 10 more ,raD he ,ak.s
oudt. y surplus 10 unnrrrnrtod luxury
which ought to be taxed ont "f existence.