Show overweight AT CERTAIN L z 1 AGE INVOLVES DANGER 4 v D U S health service advises 10 to 20 pounds below average washington mortality experience indicates that overweight itt certain ages involves involve s serious danger the degree of danger increasing with will the excess in weight over the average for height and age at younger ages however a limited amount of overweight appears to be of advantage or associated with more favorable mortality conditions overweight persons of such ages having baying a uniformly lower death rate from tuberculosis these are among the conclusions drawn from a study of mortality statistics by the united states public health service tho the records of insurance companies indicate that after 35 years of age overweight even in relatively small email amounts begins to be dangerous 9 erous the seriousness with advancing a ago 0 and amount of overweight other conclusions based on these records are among short men that Is those below 5 feet 7 inches at the ago age period forty to forty four years cars an excelsa of 20 per pent cent in weight involves nn an added mortality of SO 90 per vent cent above the normal A 40 10 per cent excess in weight t in such individuals involves an increased mortality of nearly SO 80 per cent adiong ta tall all urn that Is those over 0 5 feet 10 inches Inch esthe the adverse situation js Is even eren more marked for among them nt at ages forty to forty four a 20 per cent excess in carries a 40 per cent increate in mortality and a 40 per cent excess la in weight dout les the in mortal ortal y on theother the other fiend underweight in general lian la an advantage it if the per centamo Is not too joo gret great rt it Is in a serious impairment in mirlya early adult alt life 11 but from the lio ago age of forty onward on waro there hero apparently ore are no such penal ties and tills condition in fact becomes a distinct advantage for these are tile persons who have hav the best mortality rates jt it would seem that the records or of insurance companies indicate that there Is nn optimum weight that Is s a weight height ratio in relation n to ito cage age that Is associated with tho the most faTo favorable rable mortality experience and that this optimum wel grit or best build Is not the average build ays aaa the service it Is stated that t ose who weigh between 10 and 20 per cent below the overage average show the optimum condition for longevity at roost most ag ages beyond early adult life ife DIsc nation must bo made between types of build of 0 overweight persons persona it being shown that hat amon among having a large chest c capacity a tha ilia conditions of mortality a are r more favorable than among those of small chest capacity Oyer who havo have large trunks are better alaks than those having small ch chest ests and large larga girth |