Show ti Doctor Doctorin r in the Kitchen by W. W WW W. W Bauer M. M MD M.D. D. D Consultant National Dairy Council SALUTE TO TOPS TOP S One of the rewards and by byno byno 1 no means the least of proper eating is normal weight For the ladies this means a good figure and the ability to wear stylish clothes as well as good health To the men it means freedom from that unsightly bulge below i ithe the belt and a better chance at atlonger atlonger i longer life i The women customarily do a I better job at keeping close to normal weight than do the men They do not subscribe to the Oriental Oriental Ori Ori- wish May your shadow never grow less Indeed they may go to fantastic lengths to avoid becoming overweight On the other hand they sometimes attain fantastic degrees of overweight overweight over over- weight into the hundreds of pounds Started In 1948 But the ladies have done something some thing about it and are doing something about it continuously Through the leadership of Mrs Esther S S. S Manz an organization was started in Milwaukee in 1948 composed of women who were overweight and were determined determined deter deter- mined to regain normal weights or else Later men and boys were included The organization soon came to tomy tomy tomy my attention at the American Medical Association because of its very sensible underlying principle principle prin prin- ciple of doing nothing without medical guidance My associate the late Dr William W W. Bolton became a counsellor and advisor advisor ad ad- visor to the organization and it was my pleasure to have a small part in this association too The organization called itself Take Oil Oft Pounds Sensibly or orT or T TOP TOPS 0 P S. S This has been one of of the most phenomenal developments developments develop develop- ments in self help toward health By using what doctors call group therapy sometimes expressed as misery loves company the overweight members of TOPS TOPS' helped each other They have paraphrased popular songs to sing at meetings such as The more we get together the slimmer well we'll be your loss is my loss and my loss is your loss They weigh in at every meeting and there is recognition for weight loss and penalty after fair trial for weight gains At annual meetings a queen is crowned and garbed in royal robes They have fun And they lose weight 10 20 50 pounds and more They Keep It Off That isn't all They keep it off When they have demonstrated that phase of the program successfully successfully suc sue i they become KOPS Keep Off Oft Pounds Sensibly S Si i stands for Successfully too They have had a phenomenal growth in this country and abroad In 1966 they presented a research grant of to Milwaukee Deaconess Hospital for work on the causes treatment treatment treat treat- ment and prevention of over over- weight Doctors who were skeptical skeptical at first have learned to look upon TOPS and KOPS with admiration respect and no small sense of wonder at their In my book TOPS is tops |