Show u Three Types of Overweight By DR JAMES W BARTON 0 C Bell flail Syndicate St Service a about nine nbc of o ev- ev every WHILE W ev-W V V cry ery ten ac- ac acquire acquire ac acquire quire their excess fat 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 os the gland type typo and the over over- overweight overweight overweight weight is due to lack of activity activity ity of the thyroid gland in the neck the pituitary gland ly- ly lying lying ly lying ing on the floor of the tho skull or in m a few cases the sex gonads glands gonads and ovaries SometImes there is a lack of activity in two or more of different glands Thus when the thyroid gland In Inthe Inthe Inthe the nee neck Is not manufacturing enough juice there Is usually a certain amount or degree of what Is call called e d I the name given to a 11 t condition where the 4 i skin Is thickened 1 dry or rough to the c touch and the pers pens perspiration Is almost A i entirely absent The 4 mind and the senses Dr Birton are blunted mem mem- memory memory ory Is poor and there are obscure pains In the legs and all aU the movements of the body bocy are slow and languid As a result of this lack of juIce there follows an Increase ja In hi the bulk of the body with a firm non elastic swelling welling of the skin which does docs not pit when pressed with the end of the finger The face loses some ot of Its expression The temperature and pulse are below normal and there is a tendency toward coast constipation pation The above description h 1 i of course for tor severe cases but you may see some little part of the above symptoms sU iiD-sU In all cases where the thyroid gland eland Is not makIng enough thyroid j juice ce And in these eases cases due to lack of thyroid jUice the extra fat tat is deposited all aU over the outside and Inside of the body The floe Pituitary TI T pc The type of overweight when then the pituitary gland on the floor of the skull is not manufacturing enough j juice ce Is found as often in men as asIn asin asin In women and the excess tat fat Is dis- dis distributed dis distributed over the shoulders chest abdomen upper arms and upper legs but not over the forearms and lover loNer legs The neat small wrists ankles hands and feet are in great con contrast to the hc hey bod bad shoulders and hips The pituitary type of overweight begins just before puberty twelve years of age in girls and fourteen in boss bos and commonly attracts atten atten- attention attention tion because of at the great amount of 01 starch sugar foods foods sugar candy bread potatoes pastry that pastry that the young young- youngsters stars 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 thatis is by the use of thyroid extract in inthe 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 n Children A few tew years ago when an Infant had an attack of gas flatulence and colic very little was thought or done clone about it it except perhaps to give a little tle peppermint water and sometimes unfortunately some paregoric or laudanum Today the mother visits or consults her usually dan usually a 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 wIlen there is vomiting pain belching of gas ga constipation or diarrhea there is something wrong with the diet These symptoms of indigestion are usually due to excess fermentation tion in the stomach and intestine which is made v orse by food toad con con- containing taming too much sugar or too much fat so ao the treatment first given is isto isto isto to cut down on 01 sugar and fat tat Most of ot the gas in the stomach and bowel is air which has been swallowed Air is swallowed not only when food is taken but by I Ionly many J I 1 suffering from lad Indi notI I 1 1 at other times I 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 I further o g his vitality by less lessening ening the number of at hour of rest While many remedies will give considerable relief in th thase se cases cases- cases baking soda magnesia peppermint water tincture of the ginger ginger the best tr treatment as mentioned above Is Isto Isto isto to use a diet that will not cause gas or colic Often the youngster is able to ex- ex expel ex expel pel the gas readily and no treat treatment ment meat or change of diet seems necessary nee essary but it if not not some distension ot of the tha bowel takes place and this I pressure is what Is known as colic |