Word: overweightness
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...reason for the lively attention given to obesity is the fact that it can be cured here & now. Medical science does not have to wait for the answers; it is well established that overweight people can cure themselves by eating less. A second reason for the all-out attack on obesity: doctors are armed with more facts than ever to show how dangerous...
Several patients studied by Dr. Kroger were overweight, and he attributed their obesity and sterility to the same cause-a childlike desire to be taken care of. "We have often noted," said Dr. Kroger, "that these neurotic women state that they 'will do anything in the world to get pregnant,' yet when given diets and basal body temperature charts, they find many rationalizations for not dieting and keeping the monthly record." The last thing in the world that they really want, he contended, is weight reduction and the normal ovarian function which could make pregnancy possible...
...snow plowing, Holland said, in a rich Irish brogue, "is a disgrace to Portland. I shovel out my driveway and the city plows fill it up again. I called the city garage and told them to clean it away. The garage said, 'Billy, you're overweight. Clean it out yourself.' " The crowd roared with laughter. Billy added good-naturedly, "We can drive you out of power on that issue alone...
...tested, 94 doctors had heart trouble; 34 were threatened with it. The great majority were overweight; many smoked too much...
...beautifully groomed blonde leaned back and looked at us. "That row of cigars?" She waved a half-inch long fingernail. "There's two hundred to two-fifty of them right here!" she stated. We looked again. A dozen rows contained nothing but overweight middle-aged men, two-thirds of them smoking cigars and half of them wearing straw hats...