Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-11-29
THE DEADLY WAIST LINE
Watch Tape Measure and Scales if
You Would Live Jopu
'Marguerite Mooers Marshau)

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~, mere is an age limit for Apollos
me. mere is dead line for the mascu-
me waist line. AT thirty-fve tbe
average man begins to suffer from
equdtorlal expansion - in crude
cruel monosyllables, to take ON fat
everybody with eyes for seeing es
pecially at bathing beaches. altbouob
II mas Just been solemnlv rec.nit,,
.a.eo III dispatch from London and
al'nouSh Dr Eugene Lyman Fisl, of
ene I-lle EXTENSION Institute gave in
to him. appealed
But what everybody doesn't updor
stand is that there is almost No ,,,oa
VINO need be a heavvwe;gbt ;e nan an
prefers to be a sylph.
~ Or Fisk will tell him so. and DR.
rs. ish mas made physical examina-
lion OF thousands of Americans of
al ages He also is co-author with
rrol. irving Fisher of Yale. of an
exceedingly stimulating and valuable
Volume called How to Live
AS IT happens, one of the es-
seh'lal precautions for living, after
ohe mas reached middle life. is tho
II eserVatlon of the fox-trot figure
RAT IS the familiar demon of the
"a american, particularly the citv-
o"eliing American of thirty-five or
over, DR.. Fish assured me sFo+
is the ever-present, insidious enemy
ol MS comfort, his looks. his Of
hclency, even his life
How much fat will you giveqo
the Life Extension Institute asked its
letter. no'i'h
"A man who is forty pounds over
"elght Is carrying on his body tho
equivalent in fuel value of 135 ono
pound loaves of bread. We hear q
Sooo zeal about food hoarders-but
now about the fat hoardersq
mere is no reason why the man
pr woman OF sixty should not have
the general outlines of youth. The
unWleldly shapelessness of 4bo
average elderly person is unneces-
sary.
Inc lowest mortality is found
among those who average. as
group few pounds over the average
weight before the age of thirty-tiye
ana a few pounds under the average
weight after the age of thirty-fve
That is, after the age of thirtv-
hVe, overweight is associated with
an increasingly high death rate. and
at middle life it becames real
menace to health, either by reason
OF us mere presence as a physical
handicap or because of the faulty liv-
ing habits that are often responsible
for its development
And yet almost every man in
early maturity loses the tennis
hgure,' | observed. TT is not a
normal phenomenon?
This movement of weight has
peen accepted as normal because, as
you say it is so universal" replied
Or. FISK. But it is not normal. 1t
Is the result of disease producing
and life shortening Influences"
Then DR.. Fisk showed me certain
tables, based on the experience of
forty-three American life insurance
companies and showing the death
rate of men of middle age and over
weight.
The mortality of men between
forty and forty-four who weigh
nifty to eighty pounds too much, is
IS per cent. above the standard.
The death rate for men between
thirty-five and thirty with a
similar handicap of overweight, is
55 per cent. above the standard, and
between forty-tive and forty-nine the
mortality percentage is 81 per cent,
above normal.
Even twenty-five to forty-five
pounds of surplus flesh, between
forty and forty-four, raises the
chance of dying 40 per cent.
1T seems reasonable to deduce
from these figures" DR.. Fisk pointed
out, that the usual gain in weight
with advancing years is not an ad-
vantage, but a handicap.
We should endeavor to keep our
weight at approximately the average
weight for the age of thirty, the
period of full maturity, as expert
ence shows that those so proper
toned exhibit the most favorable
mortality
Here then, is what you should
weigh, if you are a man of thirty or
over, according to your height;
FIT In Pounds FIT In Pounds
s 0 ....... 1926 5 9 . 1856