The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-16
FEATURES of INTEREST to WOMEN
American Women Desire
to Increase Their Weight
Fashion Dresses Makes 'Boyish"
Figure MISREPRESENTATION Ac-
ISOLATION Gives Advice

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fashion has decreed that the slen-
der form shall be the popular ply
steal figure among women, ply
sicians are being asked and health
authorities requested to furnish in
formation as to how to gain
weight.
While it is relatively uncommon
until recently to find anyone ask
ing physician as to how to gain
weight, there are many who
should give some attention to this
question" reclares the bulletin is
sued by the State Medical Society
today. The bulletin declares that
starvation eating among young
people in their teens has been de-
trimental to health and advocates
a more consistent view of the
problem.
eff an individual desires to gain
weight there are perhaps, three
ways to approach the problem" de-
clares the bulletin. Zone is to in.
crease the amount of food eaten.
This will lead to gain in weight
If the weight was stationary before
since any excess food beyond that
necessary for the work of the day,
will be stored as fat in the body. A
second method is to decrease the
amount of exercise and, therefore,
decrease the need for fuel. This is
seldom to be recommended be-
cause it is rare individual in
modern civilized communities who
gets too much exercise. The third
method is not applicable to all
persons but it must be borne in
mind. This is to increase the di-
gestion of our foods. Not all of
the food which anyone of us swal-
lows is absorbed into the body
and really used. Part of it is lost
because it is of an indigestible ma
ture. This may seem wasteful
but it is necessary that the hui
man stomach and intestines have
some soft indigestible material
which will make it possible for
them to move along the waste
matter a proper discharge of the
stool from the body. Also, a
great many individuals fail to get
the maximum food value out of
the food which they eat because
they do not chew the material
thoroughly enough to give the di-
gestive organs a fair chance. A
great many people in the hurry of
modern life do not take sufficient
time with their meals or eat I'M
der nervous stress and therefore !
cause a pronounced interference
with the action of the digestive
organs. A lack of sleep or undue
worry and hurry as well as many
other forms of disturbed nervous
life, are responsible for this poor
economy in eating.
Consequently, the first approach
to the question, show shall I gain
weight" is to get an impartial ,
view on the whole manner of liv-
ing. Here the family physician is
an invaluable aid. In obstinate
cases, it may be necessary to con-
duct rather careful laboratory |
studies to find out whether the in
dividual is really using his food
to the greatest advantage. If the |
method adopted is to increase the
intake of food a few practical
points must be considered. One
can gain weight by increasing the
amount of any food worth eating.
1t is physically impractical to do
this with those foods which are
very soft and juicy such as the
green vegetables or the fruits. The
reason is that these materials con-
tain so much water in proportion
to the foods which yield energy.
Therefore, the foods which are :
most efficient in bringing about a
gain of weight are the concentrat-
ed foods such as potatoes, bread,
turnips, baked beans, squash, '
fruits, such as bananas and apples,
and the fats of which butter,
cream, bacon and salad oils are ex-
amples. The yolk of the egg con-
tains large amount of fat, and fat
cuts of meat make very appetizing
additions to such a diet. In MAX
ing the attempt to gain weight no
one must omit the ordinary re-
quisites in the diet such as mod
crate amounts of meat and milk,
the green vegetables and some !,
fruits in the diet for every day.