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by
Gary Alexander
Forty mil/ion Americans ancl
ten
million
Britons are plaguecl with
excess
weight. Are
you
one of
them? How
about
your chilclren
or
relatives?
Here's
what you
can
clo
about
it.
B
E.FORE YOU BEGIN
reading this
article be sure you understand this
point: You
CAN
lose weight no
matter how obese you are. One individ–
ual, 6 feet 3 inches and weighing 802
pounds reduced down to 232 pounds by
age 39 - a loss of 570 pounds. Many
dozens have lost 200 pounds or more
- and kept it off.
All in all, overweight Americans,
Britoos, Canadians, and Australians
have lost well over a
miIlion tons !
But
the sad seque! to that story is that most
of the weight was gained back. Quick
weight loss (and gain) is easy, but
very few people maintain a
.rlow
weight
Ioss with no gain.
It
is estimated that only about
ti/JO
percent
of clinically supervised over–
weight patients are successful in attain–
ing their proper weight and
maintain–
ing
that weight for a year.
That's not very encouraging news to
the millions of overweight people, most
of whom either hopscotch from one fad
diet to another or else totally
give
up
the hope of ever
losing weight.
If
that's your di–
lemma, do yourself
a favor- read just
one more
article on
overweight- this one! The
only
work–
able way to lose weight, and
maintain
that weight loss, is contained in the
principies of this artide, compiled from
the writings and records of the world's
most successful nutritionists and weight–
loss experts.
LiJe, Liberty,
and
Pursuit
of
Happiness
Your first motivation to lose weight
should be in the interest of
life
itself.
If
you are 20 percent overweight (about
30 pounds for most people), chances
are you will die
.reven J'ears
before your
time. Compare this with an average
fottr
years
Ioss of life for the person who
smokes 25 cigarettes a day during bis
adult life.
Beiog a mere
ten pormds
overweight
can carry a greater health risk than
smoking 25 cigarettes a day.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company compared the likelihood of
death for those rated as overweight
compared to those of normal weight,
ages 25 to 74. Here are their results:
The greater likelihood for death from
any cause, at any age, was 47% higher
than normal for overweight women,
and 50% greater for overweight men.
For all adults death by heart diseases
was 63% more likely, death from liver
diseases ranged between
90
and
lOO%
more likely, death from diabetes was
275% more likely, and even mortal
accidents were 24% more likely for the
overweight client.
Experience has shown, however, that
few overweight people are motivated to
action by these statistics.
It
takes a beart
attack, or a similar trauma to stir them
to serious action. Then, it may be too
late.
Most overweight people are primarily
motivated to reduce by a desire to look