Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-04
Health Queries by DR.. Brady
Exercise and Overweight.

Having harpcd right much about exercise
In this column. fear some readers assume
am overenthusiastc the subject. On tho
contrary. have dWclt almost as incessantly
on the evil done by exercise In various all
ments for which exercise is indiscriminately
prescribed by druEless and mail-order healnrs
OF every description. For Instance, many a
victim of incipient early tuberculosis Is
atrollng walking or lightly playing a little
nearer TO the graz each day because he fool
ishly fancles tSit little exercise will
''strenEthen' him and that rest in bod will
weaken" The average person who holds
that plenty ~ fresh air. pure food and =
shine" will euro tuberculosis generally har-
bors the dangerous dclusion that exercise Is
likewise curn-ai. and that ronsumptivcs
should experiment with these natural reme-
dies and give doctors n wide birth. The sad
part OF II Is that lot OF consumptivcs fol-
low this poor advice and make short Job
OF IT,
Should fat folks exercise? Is exercise OF
any value in reduction regiment May
one reduce this or that part OF the body by
exercises particularly bringing into play the
muscles OF the region where the fat ls ex-
cesSive? Is there any risk involved In general
special exercises for fat Individuals?
Fat folks should exercise IL they wish TO
remain with a little longer person
who Is. lot us say, forty pounds overweight,
constantly subjects his heart 10 strain pre-
ciscly equivalent 10 the strain normal In
div!duars heart would have to stand IL tho
normal individual constantly carried a forty
pound pack his shoulders That strain
shortens life. Therefore fat folks should cx-
ercise rcligiousiy. for the purpose Of burning
UP a least part OF the excess fuel or nutri-
ment which is otherwise deposited a s super
fuous nesh, Stacker observation-disclosures. heart
strainnE. life shortening fat
Exercise is OF little value in reduction
regimen. II is Of great value in a health
building regimen for fat folks however. Most
obese persons are habby from disuse Of the
muscles from riding too much and walking
too little. from sitting Mt work. at the ba II
game at church. In the theatcr. sitting In =
stead Of playing. Indeed. many overweight {
individuals who cultivate and religiously fol-
low system ~ daily exercise enjoy graft
Tying gain in poise and appearance and health
yet notice little o. - loss OF weight They
substitute muscular issue for Stacker fat
and their friends think they have reduced
because they no longer appear fabhy
one whose intake Of nutriment is rroperly
regulated may reduce this that part of the
body by exercise particularly selected II IS
physiological rule that superhuous fat IL
FIRST deposited about muscles which are less,
used-for instance. the belly hips. thighs OF
corseted women. Reverse the rule and IL s,ill
works fairly well: fat Ia first melted away
from regions whose muscles arc most used
No greater or less risk Is involved sn ex-
ercis" for fat folks than Is involved for eyery
body People who have anything wrong with
the heart or arteries should take only such
exercise as their medical advisers NAV pre-
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