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Show Expert Urges Curb on Appetite SEES DANGER ON THE DINNER TABLE Dr. Victor O. Heiser. . ."We eat too much" Infantile Paralysis Deemed Less Harmful Than Gluttony Tremendous Overeating Causes Most His, Authority Visiting S. L. Asserts An internationally noted health expert came to Salt Lake City Wednesday to talk calmly about Infantile paralysis, depicting it as warranting no alarm, a condition arousing more conversation than concern. He was Dr. Victor G. Heiser, dentist and author, who will speak on th Master Minds and Artist series of th University of Utah extension division at 8:1ft p. m. Wednesday Wed-nesday In Kingsbury hail. A condition that worries Dr. Heiser Hei-ser more then the prevalence of Infantile In-fantile paralysis is the avsrage American' tendency to overeat "Actually, there are only a few cases of infantile paralysis In th United States," he said. "Th so-called so-called Iron lung is a good thing for ths patient after he has contracted th dlsesse, but an ounce of prevention preven-tion I worth a ton of Iron lungs." To Dr. Heiser, who for 10 years was quarantine officer In th Philippine Philip-pine Islands and for 20 years was with th Rockefeller foundation, the Yankee's voraciousness is a source of real worry. "Th tremendous overeating, along United Stetes is the cause of most of our Ills," he said. "A balanced diet Is what Is needed. "Diet can produce arthritis, along with gastric ulcers. Wrong eating Is largely th cauas of arthritis." Take the person who sleep a lot. He probably does not sleep because he need sleep. He's Just a "dope" because he overeats, th doctor says. He envisioned th day when there will be little employment for physicians physi-cians and need for hospitals, because be-cause of th progress in stamping out plagues. Research, he said, may soon eliminate Influensa and the common cold. |