Show I 1 KEEPING HEALTHY HEALTH y proportions determine weight by dr james W barton W WHEN HEN physicians are doing special work in weight they usually put the individual in one 0 of three classes a heavy stocky land and wide b light slender and narrow and c normal type neither either stocky nor slender then hey take the height measurement on the normal type of build the height eight of 5 teet feet 4 inches is average tor or women and 5 teet feet 7 inches Is la average tor for men from experience they have found that a woman of average build 5 feet 4 inches in lh height eight should weigh pounds land and a man 5 teet feet 7 inches should weigh pounds generally for every inch of 0 height above 5 feet 4 inches in a woman 5 pounds pound sis is added and for or every loch inch less 5 pounds Is subtracted in men 6 pounds Is allowed tor for every inch above or below f 5 teet feet 7 inches it was only a few years ago that a better method ot of finding the proper weight tor for women was a announced in in which the width ot of the body was wag stressed as the important factor actor dr helen brenton pryor assistant medical examiner stanford university stated if youre worried about your weight as compared with the average for your height forget it consider your width dr pryor has worked out width height tables based on five years study of some chil children dreb and college students instead of one normal weight as given on height tables her scales give seven averages based on width as well as height thus if a girl of 18 Is 5 feet 4 inches tall she may normally weigh as little as pounds it if the width from the top of one hip bone to the top of the other Is about 9 inches or as much as pounds if she measures 12 inches tests that have been made so tar far show that injustice Justlee in has been done to about 30 per cent of those measured and la belled too thin or too fat under the old height and weight tables the stocky girl who pines to be willowy therefore should not starve herself but strive to keep her I 1 width weight |