FAT MEN DIE YOUNG.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2021, 28 August 1919, Page 4

FAT MEN DIE YOUNG.

Aii American medical expert, Dr. E. L. Fish, writes The fat man is usually considered a subject, of mirth among the non-thinking portion of the public, and as for the fat woman, her efforts to acquire symmetry of form or to simulate the same by the selection of garments tending to induce an illusion in this regard, are usually met by the smothered laughter of her friends. This is because most people do not realise that the superfluous weight which sometimes appears to make its possessor rather more comfortable than the rest of humanity, acting as a sort of buffer between him and the rubs and knocks of the world, probably will help to shorten the life of the person carrying it about. The presence of all this flesh indicates not a state of comfortable well-being, as is sometimes thought, but rather a degenerate condition of the body, which should be remedied if the individual desires to attain a sound old age. It may be truly said that flesh rather ■than wrinkles is a hall mark of age. The slender, erect, alert and well-poised figure conveys the general suggestion of youth and activity, oven though the face be Avrinkled. As people grow older, over-weight impairs the vitality more than un-“Ser-weight. Light weight is an advantage after maturity, unless it indicates the presence of some form of disease or malnutrition, In early lift? the risk of over-nutrition should be taken, but after 30 watch your weight, and keep it at the average weight for 30. Among middle-aged and elderly people there is, approximately,.! per cent, higher death rate for every pound of over-weight.