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Show 'Calories Should Match The Needs Of The Body, Reports Home Agent $ies, rich desserts and jams. Eat sp'ariS V or cereal. p aringly of Be generous about , " vegetables, but take , --vegetables without or fat, fruits witht)1 cream. wlwout Sll- we suggest the following: , Eat three meals a day but don t be tempted by between-meal snacks. Avoid high-calories foods like the fat on meat, cooking fat, salad sal-ad oil, fried foods, gravies, rich sauces, nuts, pastries, cakes, cook- ; Overweight is the most frequent malnutrition problem among adults ad-ults in this country, many health authorities believe. The Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics Ec-onomics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture says: "Many adults eat too much." We usually think of malnutrition in connection with those who are underweight, but this is not true. Many people overweight ov-erweight are suffering from malnutrition mal-nutrition because they have eaten eat-en plenty of calories and not enough vitamins, minerals and proteins. Many such people are anemic, listless, tire quickly and take infectious diseases readily. How many calories a body needs depends on its size and activity. If body weight stays about right, for height and build, it's a sign that calories in the diet match body needs. But when more fuel food is eaten than the body can use, it is stored as fat. . Up to 35 years of age, it is safer to be plump than skmny Beyond 35, excess fat becomes a greater health liability than extreme ex-treme thinness. Ills such as high blood pressure and heart and kidney kid-ney ailments are more common among overweights. People who are too thin, however, tend to tire readily and may be an easy prey to infection. For those under 20 years of age, the nutrition scientists suggest reducing re-ducing only under a physicians guidance. This is a safe rule also for young mothers of those with any heart or organic troubles. Those over the age of 35 who need to -reduce are counseled to take off weight slowly no more than a pound or two a week. To cut calories yet have other food essentials for good health, |