Show I Men Are Ape j I. Tons Overweight SPECIAL TO TilE THE CLIPPER The gross tonna tonnage e of Davis County's male mlle population ha has gone bone up It is considerably higher than it once was C BACK ACI IN 1929 when workIng work Ing rn hours were longer w when people would think nothing of going on foot toot to the comer corner grocery store and when a farmer walked behind his plow instead of oC riding on a tractor it was WIS easier casler to stay star slim Now in this push button age even en the little effort that was was once used in driving a car caris caris caris is being eliminated Power i brakes power steering cIccI elec I trie windows and automatic i shifting shirting have cut that effort to the var vanishing shing point I I AS A RESULT of oC little exercising exI ex ex- I and excess excessive e eating Davis County's men are approximately ap ap- approximately I proximately five pounds heavier ier on the average than were 14 men of similar height and age in 1929 The local male population Ps as a whole is about pounds or 8 2 tons heavier than it its would have been at that linic tinie time THE TilE FINDINGS are arc based l C on national averages averages arrived at in studies conducted by the Uie r Society of Actuaries and by bythe the Department of Agriculture J The They show that the changes that have taken place are different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent for different heights and ages AT TilE THE 5 foot 8 inch level the increase among year 25 old men is listed as 4 pounds at age 35 as 6 pounds at age 45 as as 5 pounds and for those who are arc 55 years old old 3 pounds As to the women in terms of 1929 standards the they are not overweight eight Actually the they are found to be slimmer than they were at that time When fashions fash fasli ions dictated the thc slender look for 01 women they proceeded to diet and to lose weight THEY TilEY NOW tip the scales at several se pounds less than in 1929 If men were to return to their 1929 size the medical experts experts experts ex ex- would still not be satis- satis fied For a longer and healthier health health- ier er life He the they say the average man nan should be 20 pounds lighter FOR DAVIS County's male population this would mean knocking of off no less than tons ons Impossible Not really It would require a great deal o of will power much less activity with ith the knife and fork foik and more exercise than at present |