Show 00 11 1 I I I 1 11 I II The Boys I I Column I Irr rr 4 4 t LITTLE THINGS I LOVE to revel in the little things The soft sort low flutter of ot a sparrows sparrow's j wings An earthworms earthworm's trail on a mossy stone A the pulpit holding service alone Sparkling pearls In the early morn mom Long jong blue spikes on slender stems borne The rue damp sweet sweet smell of or upturned sod All the handiwork of ot God The e song of ot the robin to his bis mate mateA A lazy snail Just under the gate A daffodil nodding In the sun sunA sunA sunA A little frightened spider on a run That violet of the lovelist blue Looking for rain or waiting for the dew The Ibe ant at t work In an upturned clod These I say are the handiwork of ot God Mary Mary E. E Benson o 0 o o FACTS ABOUT OVERWEIGHT THERE IS no doubt that overweight shortens shortens Ufe life fat people are definitely more subject to disease and the Important Import import- ant thing In dieting Is to cut down on nearly all foods rather than to cut out certain ones nes Such are r the salient facts of or overweight overweight overweight over over- weight among humans as expressed by Dr Frederick J. J Stare In an Interview I published In the April Readers Reader's Digest Dr Stare Is well known as the Chairman of the Department of ot Nutrition Harvard University His Interview Is condensed from U. U S S. News World Report At the age of 50 50 a man in apparent good health has a life Ufe expectancy of ot approximately 20 more years Dr Stare says I If he Is fat however his chances of ot living these 20 years may be reduced by one third Overweight begun In young adulthood and adulthood and maintained maintained carries carries an even greater risk Obese men in their I twenties have a mortality rate 80 per percent percent percent cent higher than normal I Carrying extra weight means putting more work on the heart yet the biggest hazard of ot obesity according to recent evidence is is not being overweight but getting overweight The process of growIng growing growing grow grow- ing fat may ca cause se damage to blood I vessels and result In a I type of hardening of ot the arteries Budden Sudden Sudden Sud Bud I den periods of ot weight increase may be bemore bemore bemore more damaging than a slow gain Fat Pat people need not necessarily despair despair despair des des- pair however If It the deposits of ot fat Inthe in inthe inthe the blood vessels have not gone be beyond ond onda a certain stage ge they may regress and disappear According to Insurance statisticians statisticians statisticians statis statis- an overweight p person will definitely definitely definitely de de- de- de finitely Increase his life Ufe span If It he loses weight I Controlling weight Is a lifetime Job Dr Stare emphasizes Too many people having lost weight gain it back by re relaxing relaxing re- re the disciplines of diet or exercise Important in dieting Is to eat less of nearly everything but to maintain var var- Is to I There really no more reason cut out bread sugar and potatoes than there Is to cut out anything else the article notes Little evidence exists that heredity plays any part in obesity Dr Stare ob observes observes oh- oh serves that an Individual does not automatically automatically automatically auto auto- become overweight because the family is overweight But if It everybody in the household eats like Uke a glutton he heIs heIs heis Is likely to get the same habit This is especially true of ot children who imitate their elders J. J |