European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday March 17,1986 being overweight causes no health problems Iowa City Iowa up the common belief that thin people Are healthier than overweight people May be invalid a professor at the University of Iowa College of nursing says. In our culture being overweight is seen As bad and ugly so people just As sume it must be unhealthy too Pamela j. Brink a specialist on cultural aspects of eating Behaviours said. The truth is for most people being overweight causes no health problems some research indicates obese people suffer size related health problems but the problems of the merely overweight Are Little or no health risk Brink said. People who Are 10, 20, 30 or even 40 pounds Over their Ideal weight Are usually just As healthy As people who Are not Over weight she said. A person s Ideal weight to height ratio can be exceeded by As much As 50 percent before it might be considered unhealthy Brink said. For example a 5-foot 4-Inch woman with an Ideal weight of 120 pounds could balloon to 180 before entering the health danger Brink said thinness is encouraged in the United states for reasons of aesthetics rather than health. Losing moderate amounts of weight would probably improve a person s self esteem but it won t Lecce warily make the person healthier she added. Many african cultures think fat is Beautiful she said. The Anay tribe in Nigeria for example encourages its Young women to gain As much weight As they can. The women the tribe considers the most Beautiful weigh at least 400 but too much is too much and can Lead to such health problems As High blood pressure excess joint Strain and other ail ments Brink said. Thousands in . Get jump on St. Patrick s Day by United press International St. Patrick s Day parades stepped off a Day Early sunday with tens of thousands of people lining curb sides in cities from Boston to Beverly Hills where Gene Kelly Drew crowds who watched him stroll Down Green carpeted streets. New York and Chicago planned to hold their Mammoth St. Patrick s Day parades monday on the Day set aside to Honor All things Irish. Thousands gathered despite a morning rain and threatening skies to see grand marshal Kelly actor and song and dance Man begin the Beverly Hills Parade Down streets carpeted Green for the 2-mile procession. In predominantly Irish South Boston More than 250,000 people watched a Parade featuring 20 bands a dozen floats and hundreds of local politicians including mayor Raymond Flynn. I m afraid celebrating St. Patrick s Day in Ireland will seem quite tame after celebrating it Here said George Killian Lett the Honor Ary chief of staff of Boston s Parade and the first irishman to hold the Honor. City workers in Baltimore painted Green lines Down the streets for sunday s annual Parade led for the first time by a woman grand marshal Sarah Murphy a member of the ancient order of hibernian. In Philadelphia organizers of the 35th annual St. Patrick s Day Parade said crowds were estimated to reach 200,000 watching mummers string bands and other marchers wind from downtown to a review ing stand at Independence Hall. A drizzle thinned the crowd watching san Francisco s Parade sunday but sunny skies in Washington d.c., brought an estimated 50,000 people out to watch the 2 /2-hour Parade that stepped off from the Capitol mall. In Chicago thousands of people watched the South Side Chicago Irish kick off the City s celebrations with a Parade sunday a attention Pephens a photo a Young White Peacock puts on a spec in Tucson Ariz. The fancy fluttery Way of trying to attract the attention of tabular display of his feathers at the zoo spread of plumage is the Bird s Bright some lonesome pea Hen. Day before the official downtown Parade Mon Day when Green Beer and corned beef and cabbage will be the fare of the Day. About 1 million people were expected to watch new York s 225th annual St. Patrick s Day Parade monday the world s largest. About 200,000 marchers were expected Dur ing the six hour Parade up fifth Avenue. Parades also were scheduled monday in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Some cities got an extra Early Start on the St. Patrick s Day weekend by holding their parades saturday. The cities included Atlanta new Haven Conn. Springfield 111., and Norfolk a. 4 die 29 Hurt As fire Levels Nevada Motel North Las vegas Nev. A a fire sunday destroyed a transients Motel that had been closed last year for safety violations killing four people and injuring 29, authorities said. Residents jumped from second Story win Dows when the fire raced through twin two Story wings of Motel 5, about a mile North of downtown Las vegas. The cause of the fire had not been deter mined but it did not appear to be suspicious said City fire marshal Robert Mills. Smoke alarms sounded but there were no sprinklers in the building he said. Some residents ran through the Halls banging on doors to awaken residents when the fire broke out after 8 a.m., he added. North Las vegas municipal court judge Gary Davis had ordered the Motel closed More than a year ago because of health violations and a Lack of adequate fire Protection. They had people living in there who were practically crippled who could t get around Davis said sunday. 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