European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Calories the decline of the Pound for Many in the ranks losing weight is a terrible those who crave food and disdain exercise often find it easier to rationalize their spare tires than to undergo the pain of Long this attitude on overweight now is decidedly out of As the result of military injunctions against the obese Are being pressured to slim experts agree that getting rid of weight is Seldom easy for those who most need to lose increased physical activity and group therapy All Are recommended in the Battle against excess but Many consultants argue that the first step in fighting fat is to understand what causes or Laurence professor of exercise physiology at weight is simply the result of us body receiving More Energy than it the body is a machine in which the Energy taken in must equal the Energy used to achieve Morehouse Points potential body Energy is measured in calories if the body receives excess Energy it is getting More calories than Are required to maintain Normal when More Energy is taken in than is consumed the body stores this excess fuel in the form of the Complex chemical action of converting food into Energy is known As metabolism a process that determines if the body is in if the calories ingested equal the calories burned by work and the body is in balance if the caloric intake exceeds the calories then corrective action must be taken in the form of dieting or in creased John c clinical psychologist at the Tisak sur Tiltins Points out that the average adult requires a minimum of Calo Ries a Day for Good those who co resume less risk certain health prob exactly How Many calories a person requires above Ihus 1 Micalone level upon his metabolic preparing Low calorie meal at army How Active he is and his present Kuchta maintaining a sensible weight does not mean a life time diet of Rabbit nor hours of agonizing Calisthene it does mean keeping calorie consumption and activity in it can be likened to balancing a Check Book and the human body is a fierce the Morehouse formula for weight toss is to com Bine dietary restraint with he suggests cutting food intake by 200 calories a Day and burning an 300 calories through physical some specialists put More emphasis on but most of them agree that ii is a Good idea to Combine diet with an exercise Morehouse says the average american eats Calo pics a but uses Only calories it is this 100calo Rie surplus that the creeping obesity that is so troublesome in the for those who Are moderately out of More House claims the process can be reversed by making Small adjustments in eating and by burning an additional 100 calories through sports or bigger weight problems obviously require More physical Effort and More dietary restraint As a Pound of fat equals to put it another those 209 calories in a Hershey bar add up to a brisk 40minute walk or a 21minute the 140 calories in a Martini Are equal to 27 minutes of walking or 14 minutes of and that slice of Calo Wierich Pecan pie is equal to nearly 90 minutes of swim Bruce consultant in internal medi Cine for the army european medical prefers to consider obesity and physical fitness As separate physical fitness in itself is not the appropriate Way to lose Fariss if want to the a to in it is i eat How do you do tins1 some do it by rating Small amounts of food More often others do it by eliminating Between meal says its the difference in metabolic rate that Page a4 the stars and stripes some people to eat a great Deal and stay stay within military weight some people Are like they dont get much mileage out of the Tod thereat hepointed1 while others Are Uke they get much better mileage i youll find More overweight people in this second category in counselling Fariss urges them to meals a pointing out that the person who so Asmaa or eats a very Light is Apt to make up for this abstinence at the evening Morehouse favors a balanced diet consisting of a variety of foods fats and proteins As the Only sire Way to lose weight without depriving the body of needed the sure Way ii often scorned by be obese who become impatient with Belr Excel flab and try to shed pounds rapidly with crash Pletl or medical authorities warn that both methods Are fraught with but the overweight Are constantly tempted to take the Short cure for their the Fields Are filled with con men some of them sporting impressive credentials who Are out to seduce the obese with magic formulas for painlessly getting rid of their excess weightless diets and weigh reduction pills Are Multi million Dollar industries that Are bidding to become even larger As surveys indicate that More than 40 per cent of the american population would like to lose the Price the obese pay to participate in these questionable programs often is quite High both in terms of Money spent and in lost in rating the vast array of diets available to the Public Consumers guide gives the highest Marks to those that emphasize a balanced menu within a limited caloric at the same time it dismisses As dangerous and frivolous those regimens that stress single foods the Cream the Candy the banana doctors warn that diets which produce sudden and dra Matic weight losses can result in the loss of desirable tissue blood and even Bone and May bring on serious and they Are particularly critical of the Yoyo effect the rapid loss and gain of the Quick loss and Quick gain brought about by any fad diet can be More harmful than staying Fariss it is certainly preferable to lose weight gradually with a balanced Fariss says that the loss of a Pound a week should be a reasonable goal for the moderately overweight i Dividu diet pills May be even More dangerous than the fad Kuchlak Points out that the use of pills is not Only ineffective but medical management focusing on the use of pills amphetamines and related agents to reduce appetite has been unsuccessful because the individuals lifestyle has not been fundamentally he As soon As the pharmacologic effect wears or the medication is appetite will return and weight gain will it has become increasingly Clear the appetite suppressant drugs of the amphetamine group Are quite these drugs Are associated with tolerance and with an intense psychological dependence which makes it difficult to withdraw from the drug with out prediction of susceptible individuals cannot be made with overweight patients for whom amphetamines Are prescribed Are probably by the very nature of their condition among those most Likely to in crease the dose and become Kuchta said it is this danger of dependence that has prompted the food and drug administration to re examine its endorsement of amphetamines for the treat ment of medical authorities sceptical about the Pill Point out that it fails to reach the Crux of the overweight which is the attitude toward without fundamental behavioural Fariss finds Little Hope for reducing when you look at a successful record of weight that is people who lose weight and keep it you Are talking about people who have undergone behavioural he suing of this May Center around eating chewing each Viiu of food rather than quickly swallowing u b largely the Success of this be a viral ii proach Ilia accounts for the popularity of
