The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-07-29

The second class is the endogen-
GUS Gen. within, and "gen" mean
ing beginning, beginning within
the body, which results from some
gland disturbance or deficiency with
in the body. The glands at fault are
the thyroid in the neck, pituitary
lying on the floor of the skull, and
the generative glands. Each gland
has its own type of overweight but
sometimes the overweight may be
due to deficiency in two or more
of these glands.
When. the thyroid gland in the
neck is not manufacturing enough
juice there is an increase of weight
In all parts of the body. 1t is six
times as frequent in women as it
is in men. "The onset may occur
with mental dullness, impaired
memory, and obscure pains in the
legs. AS a result of this thyroid
gland deficiency there follows an
increase in the bulk of the body,
with a firm inelastic swelling of the
skin which does not pit on pres
sure."
/ Skin Becomes Rough.
The skin becomes dry and rough
and wrinkles in the face smooth
out leaving childish or vacant
expression. The mentality, speech
and bodily movements become slug
gish. Constipation is usually present
and the rate at which the body
processes work may be from 20 to
40 per cent below normal.
In deficiency of the pituitary gland
lying on the floor of the skull there
| is sometimes family tendency not
ed, and it occurs as often in males
as in females. It usually begins in
the very early teens just before
puberty--the age at which girls and
boys are entering into manhood and
womanhood. Attention to this condi.
ton is first given because of the
great amount of starch and sweet
foods these youngsters can eat with
out having any disturbance in the
stomach or intestine. They have 6
great craving for sweets and pas
tries. That these youngsters are go
ing to be plump or chunky is evi
dent even at this age. Fortunately
the mental ability remains norma
and there is no lack of alertness
An X-ray of the skull may SHOW
changes in the gland itself or tn,
structures about it. Late in the dis
ease there may be eye trouble, blind
ness, headache or vomiting.
In this type of overweight Their
is a great increase of fat !, in TIL
shoulders, breasts, abdomen an,
hips, while the forearms and lowe
legs are slender and hands and fee
j usually small.
( In the generative or sex CLAM
) type Of overweight, there is in tn
/ male Wilderness Of the hips wit
also a great deposit of fat there
/. There is increased fat deposits ur
, der the skin of the chest, the al
Y domen and the hips.
3 Depends ON Glands.
In the female there is lack {
breast development and irregularit
: Of the monthly periods.
When more than one gland is {
I fault such as the thyroid and tn
/ pituitary, or the pituitary and tn
sex glands, the symptoms will {
course depend upon the glands il
volved.
In the treatment OF overweight
as more than nine of every tie
overweights got that way from owe,
eating, cutting down on the foe
intake is the chief method of trea
ment If these individuals are
escape the dangers due to owe
weight--heart, kidney, and bloo'
4 vessel ailments. However, in add
n ton to cutting down on the food i
e take these gland types of owe
weight need to take the speci
|, gland extracts under the supervise
Of physician.
THUS restricting the food or G
: ergy intake to less than the r
quirements of the body, and /
|, creasing the energy requirement
4 by exercise, the reserve energy
q pots Of the body (Where fat h
! greatly accumulated) are used
% supply the required energy that
g lacking in the food; thus, deman
o. are made upon the fat depots of t
body, and SO the fat is consumed
1t would be well therefore If y
think you are not the common
as variety Of overweight (due to ovs
lie eating and underexercisingl to &C
Of suit your family physician who
e. examination, metabolism and X-r
n tests will be able to place you
your right class.