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Show YOUR HEALTH BV OR R. H SISHOP UUtANGE vol U ni I T Men uh ;i class nre larffer and heaVieT i han women; they also tend to have higher muscular development ami to i airy on more severe muscular work Therefore tho common noilon that men eat more than women is true. When men and women of the -ame helfrht and weiM are compared lying at rest, they require the Kume number of calories women Usually have more body l.at in proportion to their weight. which reduces the amount of active working muscle. If a man and a woman do the eame kind and .amount of work the' task will be a great for the woman ha the man , Tim dally requirements for die average av-erage woman n some of her common occupations ir' aS fOliptys; i At rest, 1600 to 1800 ralorlcs a day. Sedenlary occupations, 2000 to 2200 calorics a da. (Milliners, teach-( ers. bookkeepers, xtenomaphers, scam-stresses, scam-stresses, machine operators.) Occupations Involving "tnmiinr, Walking oi manual labor, 2000 to 2500 calories a day. (Cooks In family, (rroups. waitresses, housekeeper, chambei maids. ) Occupations developing muscular strencth. 2.100 to 3000 calories a day.! (Lauddf eases, cooks for larpo groups ) women's appetite are, as i inie. more changeable than men s Mar.;, stay too much indoors. take too little systematic eterclse and are confined too closely to one environ-, ment Ilowcx-er. women as a claSfl arc i steadily improving in haaith hahttsi 1 They are recognising that It Is not, "unladylike" to enjoy outdoor sports! or to relish a "square meal.'' oo |