Show k tAL t H BC B- B C ir If M tf I 1 Vash ash Member orKa i Or Mentor Mentor- Memorial ial ml Institute In many cases obesity I la is a ella ella- disease dis disease ease Many any Individuals are afflict afflict- afflicted afflicted ed cd with it Thousands arc aro refused life Insurance each year because b they hey are abo above the tile weight stand stand- standard standard ard and for Cor their ago age and aud height You may feel Ceel well and laugh at your yoU condition but the Iho company who considers the risk on your life Ife which they take tako when they Insure you ou docs does not laugh at obesity Obesity Is Ir frequently the tile fore lore forerunner forerunner runner o of serious y The rho I cause ot of this condition be bc a disturbance of oC one of the Ule glands ot of the bod body termed a gland of oC Int internal secretion and called the pituitary gland The most mott frequent cruse cause of obesity Is over eating It If one takes more food rood than Jib 11 body needs for lor fuel Cuel the extra ettra amount ts is deposited as a's as tat fat beneath benrath the skin and within the small throughout the tho body Th TIlse ae extra deposits ot of o fat are arc simply lImply so much extra weight which makes maltes the work of the body greater ter and weakens Its lis musculature A heart muscle which Is weakened by fatty Catty deposits cannot do its lis work efficiently and gl gl es es out more readily What hat would l you think of II a baseball player who went Into a world series game with a 20 pound 20 pound pack strapped to his back Yet let there thero are aro many mony people who carry with them constantly 20 I I 1 I SO 20 O 40 or 50 pounds of oC excess weight IOne's Ones One's weight Is III go hY by his Itla age and aDd height and authentIc tables may bo be e readily found round for reference Just because i ones f ther or mother was overweight Is no reason why he hc should bo be so It If you ou are ore overweight discuss the matter with with your ur There are drugs upon h mar mar- market market ket hot which If It taken ly I ly may do much harm Do not I stop top eating and try to lose 10 pounds In one Olle week One pound in a week if Jr planned lor tor will be rapid J ro ilet t character sufficient to follow ollow con con- consistently con consistently a definite routine In outlinIng this treatment your phy phy- physic physician sic Ian will want to know that hI he hrcan can depend upon you ou to 10 follow it S SIt It Is la Important to have a care care- carefully carefully carefully I fully balanced diet in III reducing ones one's weight By Dy balance bllance is meant th the quantity of oC carbohydrate I pro protein ro- ro tein and amI tat fat In the dl diet t and theIr relationship to each cah other The Tho protein should be oi o normal amount the foods should bs be slightly In amount and the he fat foods con con- considerablY considerably considerably diminished The tent of ot adequacy of ot any OY routine for tor purposes of ot reduction Is told by the body hody weight If H you ou have followed accurately for forone forone one week a given and you have ha not lost in weight some some- something something something thing Is wrong either In the con con- construction construction con construction or application of ot that routine |