Show Three Types of Overweight I By DR JAMES w BARTON C Bell Service about nine of ev- ev evV WHILE ac- ac acquire acquire V V cry ery ten quire their excess fat from from overeating and ing there is the one in ten that is entitled to the care and treatment that will to some degree rid him or her of much of their surplus fat This one is known as the gland type and the over over- overweight weIght is due to lack of actIvity activity ity of the thyroid gland in the neck the pituitary gland ly- ly lying lying ing on the floor of the skull or in a few cases the sex gl gonads glands gonads and ovaries Sometimes there is a lack of activity in two or more of these different glands Thus when the thyroId gland In Inthe inthe the neck is not manufacturing enough juIce there is usually a certain amount or degree of r what Is call called e d the ther r name given to a x condition where the skin Is thickened dry or rough to the touch and the pers- pers perspiration perspiration is almost entirely absent The mind and the senses Dr Barton are blunted mem- mem memory memory ory is poor and there are obscure pains In the legs and all the movements of the body are slow and languid As a result of this lack of juice there follows an increase In the bulk of the body with a firm non elastic swellIng of the skin whIch does docs not pit when pressed with the end of the finger The face loses some of its expression The temperature and pulse are below normal and there is a tendency toward constipation constipation pation The above description Is of course for severe cases but you may see some little part of the above symptoms in all cases where the thyroid gland is not making enough thyroid juice And In these cases due to lack of thyroid juice the extra fat is deposited all over the thc outside and inside of the body The Pituitary Type The type of overweight when the pituitary gland on the floor of the skull Is not manufacturing enough juice is found as often in men as asin asin in women and the excess fat Is dis- dis distributed distributed over the shoulders chest abdomen upper arms and upper legs but not over the forearms and lower legs The neat small wrists ankles hands and feet are in grea great t con con- contrast contrast to the heavy body shoulders and hips The pituitary type of overweight begins just before puberty twelve years of age in girls and fourteen in boys and commonly attracts atten- atten attention attention tion because of the great amount of starch sugar foods candy bread potatoes that pastry the young young- youngsters youngsters are arc able to eat Even in this type of overweight the food intake should be reduced but in addition to cutting down on the food Intake there is another or extra method of reducing and that thatIs thatIs Is by the use of thyroid extract in inthe inthe the thyroid type pituitary extract in the pituitary type and the use of both extracts when both glands in the body are not manufacturing enough juice Flatulence In Children A few years ago when an infant had an attack of gas flatulence and colic very little was thought or done about it it except perhaps to give a little peppermint water and sometimes unfortunately some paregoric or laudanum Today the mother visits or consults her usually clan a childs child's specialist specialist- and asks what change she must make in the diet to prevent the gas symptoms The modern mother knows that when when there is vomiting pain belching of gas constipation or diarrhea there Is something wrong with the diet These symptoms of indigestion are usually due to excess tion In the stomach and Intestine which is made worse by food con con- tamIng containing too much sugar or too much tat fat isto so the treatment first given is to cut down on sugar and fat Most of the gas In the sto stomach aeh md and bowel Is aIr which has been swallowed Air Is swallowed not only when food is taken but by many many infants sUffering from indI- indI indIgestion indigestion at other times These gas attacks and colic in addition to upsetting the youngsters youngster's digestion and causing him to lose weight also disturb hIs sleep thus further lessening reducing his vitality by less less- ening the number of hours of rest WhIle many remedies will give considerable relief in these cases cases- baking soda magnesIa peppermint water tincture of the gInger best treatment isto as mentioned above Is to Use n a diet that wIll not cause gas or colic Often the youngster is able to ex- ex pal pel expel the gas readily and no treat treat- ment treatment or change of diet seems essary necessary but U If not some distension of the bowel takes place and this pressure Is what is known as colic colle |