TOO FAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 258, 30 October 1926, Page 21

TOO FAT.

PLUS AND MINUS. BUTTON SIGNALS. '■".'.- " (By PERITPS.) . . . ./ The oldest of'tis cannot remember a daywhen the' fat^ri^nked'aboTO-the middle weight.' : _Uways'.the ;' tide * of taste ahd : ' fashion ifi'the white 'cities- of the Empire have- been her.;.-C A healthy good temper,' exceptional activity, and- affectionate disposi-; tion, if; altogether existent in 'one' jBP.xl-r.off the roly-poly type; as may be, Wilt fail to cause the masculine 'palpitatidns due to the -atttactjons; of' her* stenderer sister. ■: Even -the ' lathy paper-knife angularity - of-tithe ■dyspeptic: 'city .-"• gir.' wili -raw^the?eyesi of,a?searelurig male from the curves pf the clearrskiriiied = rosy '':'■ belles '';: nowadays labelled ''ilairyfed;"' Sheathed>he may be in rubber, held in here ; at«_f there with driesßmakers?r^deVices, L: jtied, /.taped and tortured- by the—corsetiere, but breathing, gait, and unbelted bulges reveal that which cannot be a secret, and the latest dress designs are fatal to concealment. If overweight could be a sign of sound health, a comfort to the posseesor, or a joy to anybody, it would Be bur duty to encourage ;it, bnt firstly; excess in siting or drinking is a cause, and secondly,; the: uncontrolled conduct of a glandular secretion, wluch can fairly be considered ..•:«*:•idißease,-is another, and both are undesirable and need-., atte_tid_. ' Let: ns study ifor: a little the normal -oriayerage' .weight- and height ratios. : A (These.are/raiher unreliable, as no allowance is made for the difference' between skeleton:; cbnformition, much fat arid small bones weighing the "same as little fat and large bones.) ■ ,-.>'.. .:;'"'.'. ~ •:.'..■?.,. " ... ' ; Women, dressed as in 19.14. "'7 Age. :•"' ~->Hel*ht. Weight. :' ". \ .- Ft In. St. Lb. ''.■', 2» t050,;.-.'.'. .V-S --''2 -.:■'- 8 2 ■■'~-- -/ " '-.'v : .-"-:\': --~;- ,5 3 - ::■ ' 8 9 '; ' ■ -" ' ■'-.'■- \ ■ '.:y.3~?-4< '■ » 2 '- ' ' » \ X '. 5 5 * - » »-- , . • "v - ; :- v . : '' - —■;': y Woqaep pi Ihese^yer/^;weights and hot. Urge, boned, would" be of the "well covered" kind, neither scrsggily thin nor grossly fat, carrying a' liberal;. propor- : ':' :-■:,-■.. : : :: / ; -' :'' ■ ■■■'"'- '■ .';-:. : . ; : :• .-"■:■■;-

tion of solid muscle. -... A good muscular development," not" caused by : ; iil;balanced'■'.*athletic: .exercises',, 'produces ;long i ;- : ;|ir^ftd-\;,- M tiiie- l n whereas thisr deposit of fat tends to make short curves of less beauty, although sometimes' iu> early ; youth"; giving a nrettiness ; , t .A-j plaster'" figure enlarged' by another layer of plaster hot lose lti fela'tive proportions). but' a - woman's' weight." in-?: by~ t obesity, ( v .mo3tly distorts, because, the, fat^is' Unevenly deposited, hips and buttocks taking the greater share, with' breast, thighs; arid next.'"'. It is therefore, unusual to see ankles 'of; norweighfcTof '■ a ! newly"increased superstructure. /.];; . ? : - Puff-puff Han. - . , . j '■'* .-fen;-, on tbe' other hand, when -putting 1 on-weight/may remain almost unaltered except immediately above and 'below the. waist-liiie,' where a daily growing "corpqration"vadyertisesciriiddie&ge>*nd per* baps prosperity or beer.' ~' ' '"'' *■ '*= -'The^e•'.".'are,.' few "f wonieh who Jyield'! readily.to fatness. They strainf, buttons tapes,; let" shoe is traps bite into puffy] .plump arms j 'with .the-, ever present threat.of bursting;" I they adopt a crouching walk to minimise ihe enlargement.: Which men so. com-, monly throw boldly forward and even! decorate with chain and seals.: . -.-.; ■- . "Fading is the taper waist. , •; « :.-. grows each, shapely limb ; .''. And although securely laced, ' ! f .--- Spreadhtac is the figure'trim ;' ' -''- -;'•Stouter than lused to be, . i ... v .'- ---. StJH more corpulent grow I; .. . There .'will, be; too much of mc In' the coming by and' by." ■" Sang Lady Jane, but with artistic draping of clothing from neck and back. ,and shoulder, and absolute freedom of movement, she made her weight' and sum majestic,: and her gliding walk .impressive. ' It is the attempted concealment of an obvious fact which makes/the unfortunate' victim. of obesity conspicuous. ,-;■"-.,'•.'-- :-■ ■-'•' ■ '■''■ "-y- T -. : ':-'-'t- • "-"' / To; the normal woman, "the little more and how much it is; the little lees and .whatv'wqrlds' away."V*- --■'- :?.--"°'T'\ The bony frame of the human body as -it conies to view when shrinking i muscles arid-fat aire leaving it, is a mor* I tragic thjnjt, than : , .excess, qf adipose tissue, tor it speaks of .death,: of disease, of cold, hard, mineral matter in ambulant material, yet it is more hopeful in effect than obesity, because experience „.';'..;..,.'.....'.-,-.- - ; - ■•■■-■■.:.■■'..■'■;'"■■■.. '-;-.;■>; ■■..-'.-1

teaches that these bones may ©he day take upon themselves a gracious covering, with a celerity «c great as absolute starvation will .reduce, the redundant] cells of the: overweight woman: Bt»tiif-| tician Lindheim gives an .unfavourable 'TepiSrt of' 34 American insurance ebmpanies in regard ; to' lives of those' ; u\ vwhbin circumference of abdomen exceeds, that of'the chest: (breast not included in women),; whilst the risks '•■ in : the Underweight class are; not increased. 'Ih, America the average weight of men. of 45: is 201b above the average of healthy .-and .the consequent loss of - efllciency. when ..carrying. 201b eicess "should negative dangerous -self-complaisance/ ■'•■•'■ -"'■ "There is nothing more tragic than to ;see a fat man eating a- potato," says one writer.';-.; Obeeity is a serious menace to health, and discomforts and diseases due to it are very numerous." ;'rThe' J infiltration ©fiatinto the subcur taneoue, tissues., may, result pin a .raised blood pressure from 'increased iperipheral resiatance, and against this high blood •pressure a heart embarraaeed both, on its surface-and throughout its musculature has; to work under diminished efficiency. Renal, disease is extremely likely to follow euch a condition of affairs, and it ie, not surprising that the mortality from cardiac and renal diseases among the obese is twice as high i_s; in persons of normal weight. To make matters worse, it ''■■■'id such : a ! : diseased heart give, ri»e to very little in' the way. of symptom- and' nothing in .the !w_jr v of 'iocil physical 'signs, and yet, the fat man. may die the next time he hurries to catch a train. Obesity does uo,t. stop; at producing disturbances of the circulatory apparatus. The respiratory system may suffer, and it is well known -that.' certain . asthmatics. may Cbe greatly relieved by cutting;,down, their weignt.' * Various ' trbubleeonie 'forms ' of dyspepsia-'nlay result from over<-Weight, whije .invasion; of , the liver ; increases. such troubles and the .pancreas itself may suffer, leading probably to the form of diabetes associated with obeeity. Intertrigo, varicose veins, hernia and deafness are some of the minor disturbances for which obesity may be blamed,, to «say nothing lof the increased gravity of. the prognosis of acute diseases in the obese subject. The cure of: obesity' 1 is .largely'boilnd j]_pv;w^th.'theJprobiemrof its causatio- and has' been .explained ; to ■detail in a- previous article in these \x>lum_-.7