The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-11
THE ESSENTIAL CAUSE OF
CORPULETNCY

CORPULETNCY
What the victims believe 70 %
sheer hunger but what is actually
an abnormal craving for food which
the body does not need defeats many
an earnest reduction program: EnS
corpulent individual makes q brave
and determined start on the plan
which, If it Is based on sound pr1n~
ciples of health must take care on
not only the intake Of fuel but also
the output Of energy In the form
Of physical work, play or exercise.
In most cases, however, the corr
pulent individual breaks training
after a week or two and goes on
a kind Of spree gorging with tudges
potato or whatever his or her Ia
vorite carbohydrate may be. Buo
one out Of ten, perhaps, has what
it takes to stick with 1t rnaided, and
that one, in my observation is ale
most invariably a member OF the
weaker sex.
I am not convinced that feminine
vanity or pride in personal appear
ance in itself accounts for this;
these days there is not much diff
ference between the two sexes SO
far as vanity goes. I still believe
the female of the species has some.
thing else, something physiologic-
ally akin to the vitaminS and min
erals, something the male hasn't or
requires in greater amount or does
not utilize as well as the female
does.
Excepting a few cases Of duct.
less gland deficiency, such as hypo-
pituitary obesity in young womens
hypothyroidism in mature adults
and dystrophia adiposogenitalis in
young boys, corpulency or over
weight Is due to (a) overeating or
excessive intake Of fuel, CD laziness
sedentation, insufficient output Of
energy, or both of these factors COM
bined. No hard feelings nOw-thiS
hurts me as much as it does you.
It is the truth.
There was formerly disposition
even on the part Of physicians, to
dismiss as sheer Incidence the ap-
athy, idleness and economic help
lessness Of large portions of the
population in some districts in the
south, until we learned that these
mo account" people were suffering
from hookworm anemia or from
nutritional deficiency disease, par
ticularly pellagra. So now, instead
Of cruelty branding these victims
of disease as worthless or depraved
we can and do restore them to the
enjoyment Of life and economic
health - by applying our new
knowledge to the prevention or cor
rection Of these diseases.
/ suppose I might as well go out
and holler down the rain BARREL
for all the impression this may
make, but it Is my conviction that
in 80 cases out Of q hundred corr
pulency, overweight, obesity is due
primarily to our refined modern
diet. Dur food yields plenty Of cal
cries but not enough vitamins and
minerals to maintain good nutri-
ton.
AS one authority expressed It's
Man commits a crime against ma
ture when he eats the starch from
the seed and throws away the me-
chanism necessary for the metabol-
ism Of that starch" CDR. Robert r.
Williams, Vitamin B, and its Use
in Medicine, by Williams and Spies.
Macmillan).
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Five PintS Of Blood
I have now given 2 LIZ quarts OF
blOd to Red Cross blood banks. I'D
like to continue, for Seem to tap
as easily from one arm as from the
other, but the nurses have q PEN
chant for hitting the vein in the
same spot each time and fear
scar tissue will pile up there and
perhaps Obstruct the vein Why
can't they ink the spot each time
SO that the next time they can tap
at a different spot?
miss ID. v. e.
Answer - It Is immaterial - in
1t yourself and instruct them next
time to avoid that spot, If you
would rather have the needle in a
different spot.
Puzzle
Please tell me what you can Of q
WAOO0"S1 O~ACU VDSUVU SAdOCEEIS OF VCA1
me where 1 can get information ON
1t. &c. BY
Answer - am fond of crossword
puzzles and this osgood slateris
seems on the point of clarifying,
but 1t just doesn't emerge. I bet
you any Little Lesson you want
that could get 1t If you will give
me just one or two hints as to the
nature Of the case. Dammit, I sup
pose osgood Slatteris will recur to
scores OF times before the puzzle Is
solved. Osgood slatteris, osgood
slatteriS - aw, to hell with 1t. Just
to needle readers who may be cur.
ious, perhaps I should say G. B.
does explain the doctor is putting
the patient in a cast. Tantalizing.
isn't tt2 Oh yes, here 81 another
clue - the patient is 10 years old.
Copyright 1914, John F. Ollie Co..