Evening star., 1929-01-03
Overweight.

This week am helping those who
are trying to reduce. Not infrequently
am chided for spending so much time
on this question of overweight, espe-
cially by those who belong to the
T. T. It's (Too-Too- -Thins). I'm real
| ity, they could get much value from
my talks on overweight, simply by re-
versing the directions) I will tell you
why I do pay so much attention TO
overweight.
In the first place, overweight is some
| thing you can control yourself. Unless
you are excessively overweight, you can
reduce without being supervised by q
physician, although naturally 1t IS best
| to do this If you can, and 1t Is GER
| tainly wise to have a physical check
up periodically. -.
In the second place, overweight, with
the unbalanced diet which brings 1t on,
| is responsible for very many grave dis
| orders I'll enumerate few:
l. Diabetes: The specialists In this
disease state it Is IS per cent more pre-
valent among those who have allowed
| themselves to accumulate overweight
than it is in the normal. The pancreas
| (perhaps not strong originally for some
reason) is finally disabled by the tox-
emia brought on by the unbalanced diet,
so that it does not elaborate its internal
secretion, insulin, which has to do with
| the burning of sugar in the body
| (starches are included in this, for they
are turned to sugar by digestion).
2. Degenerative diseases Of the heart:
Over go per cent more prevalent In
| the overweight.
8. Degenerative diseases OF the kid
news: Ditto.
i. Excessively high blood pressure.
| with hardening of the arteries, and pos
| sible apoplexv and death.
Nos. 5, 6, Z and so on. Stomach dis
| orders, skin disorders, liver disorders.
gall stones, all are more prevalent
among those overweight. And now 1t
has even been found that cancer is more
| prevalent among those overweight!
I won't enumerate other troubles
| by the unbalanced diet which brings
on excess weight, for have given you
enough now-haven't I?-to make you
| realize that my plan OF specializing on
the subject of weight control IS justified.
| When I say you are overweight be-
| cause you eat more than you need. I
| don't mean, necessarily, that you are
| gluttonous. You can be a comparative
| " small eater and still eat such con-
centrated 1000 Cnat you are geCtlng 700
| large number of energy units or calor-
les. It's the quality. as well as the
| quantity, of the food that counts.
Your height and activity and whether
you have any excess fat or not, deter
mine your need for energy food. 1t may
be true that some thin person you know
eats twice as much as you do. Well,
he needs 1t, for he loses twice as much
heat as you do, because you are in
sulated with your fat. Ffreless cooker
| type, you are Then, the thin individual
is invariably more snappy in his move
mentS.
In reality, you can't compare what
you need in the food line with any
other persons needs, for no two per-
sons are alike in their activities. Other
| realities are that these thinnies, as
rule do not care for sweets and other
concentrated foods, and they do not
usually eat between meals. In other
words, they do not get so many calories
as you do.
The following is good rule to judge
whether you are overweight or not:
For feet in height (without shoes)
allow 110 pounds Allow 5l5 pounds for
each inch over that height. For ex-