FAT PEOPLE

Grey River Argus, 12 September 1935, Page 5

FAT PEOPLE

MEDICAL WARNING Against Dieting and Exercising (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Receiptd September IT at--11 p.m.) MELBOURNE, September 11. Popular theories were upset at Hie meeting*of the Special Medicine Sec tion of the ’British Medical Assoeiaion Congress to-day, when some of the world’s most eminent medical men decreed that obesity is not due to overeating. They said that dieting was dangerous in many cases of obesity, and that exercise was an over-iai ed element in its treatment. Lord Horder presided. Professor G. G. Lambic, if Sydney, said that the beneficial effect in reducing weight by one game of squasn racquets would be counteracted by a pint of beer, or two cocktails. Lord Horder and others were gue-t--at Melbourne Rotary Club, where Lord Border, who is founder of the Loudon Antinoise League, was the speaker. He referred to the success of London hours of silence from 11.30 p.m. to < a.m. He said that the prohibiting i the sounding of motor horns dur.ng that period prevented many accidents. Fie also said: “Vested interests shou* 1 not allow the trams much longer, and death go hand in hand. People should not be submitted to the strain of something that was avoidable ami was injurious to the human system.