| Show overweight AT CERTAIN AGE INVOLVES DANGER V S health service advises 10 to 20 pounds below average washington mortality experience lad dicatos di cates that overweight at certain it tt involves serious danger the tr of danger In emsing with the ex t in weight over the average for or leight and ae age at younger age ages how tw a it limited amount of overweight f epearl cpr to 0 o be of advantage or asso ass tinted ed with more favorable wort mortality allt 0 r conditions overweight persons of euch such it at lavint a R uniformly lo 10 lower er death tate terroni te from froni these are among the conclusions ba m from a study of mortality nort allty efa sfa acs by he the united states public gift service the records of ansur nce ce companie companies indicate that after 35 mr aearl of age overweight eyen even in rela evily atly small amounts begins to be dinor awn tho the with nd ato and amount erf at 10 tell weight other conclusions based on these record are among hort short men d that ie is those beloy below 5 feet 7 inches ln heat at the axe period fony forty to forty four yean yours an edwa i of 0 20 0 per cent at la in eight involves larol res an a add ed mortality of 30 per cent above the 10 normal L A 40 per cent excess in weight in uch such individuals In lrea an increased created In mortality of nearly SU 80 per cent among tall that la in those tho over 6 feet 10 laches atle adverse situation li Is eren even more m marked for among them thera at ages fony forty to forty four a 20 per cent excess in lit weight carries a 40 per cent in mortality and a 40 per der cent excess in 14 weight il the be mortal mortally T on the other bandl underweight in general Is I 1 an advantage if the percentage ii is not too creat great it ie Is a serious impairment ao 10 early adult ule 0 but from the ae age of forty there apparently are no such penal ties ilea and this condition lo 10 fact becomes a distinct advantage for these are the person persons who have bur the beat best mortality rates it would seem that the records of insurance Ine arance companies indicate that there Is ao AD optimum weight thac that Is a weight height ratio rado ID in re relation lallou to age that la in associated with the most favorable aro rable mortality experience and that this optimum or aest eat build Is dot not the average build aay says the be service it la Is stated bat that t ose who weigh bet between een 10 and 20 per cent betow below the average show the optimum condition far for longevity at must ages bey beyond nd early eady adult life must be duade oe be tiep types of build of persons tt it 1 shown bat that almlov monc p en eights hiring baying a lare large chest ca opacity the conditions of mortality are more favorable than among those of small chest capacity Over weights who hare law large trunks ore re better littler risks than those harlot having and large abdom Lul eira |
