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I." Is % ) WEIGHT PROBLEMS? -- There are no shortcuts to losing weight, according to the American Society of Bariatrics, the association of physicians who specialize in weight reduction. Losing weight, it says, is a medical problem and to do it safely, a physician should be consulted. True or false? You can melt away extra pounds by wearing special tight plastic blouses and slacks. You can buy an electrical device for effortless reducing that is a convenient, pleasant, comfortable; and relaxing form of exercise'resulting in substantial weight and girth reduction. There are pills that allow vou to "lose 54 pounds of ugly* dangerous fat in only three short months*' while eating all the spaghetti, malted milks and pizza you want. ^ False is the answer to each of these questions according to the American Society of,Bariatrics-- the association of physicians who specialize in weight reduction. Americans spend m6re than $250,000,000 each year for a fantastic array of easy weight reduction schemes such as . these, say the bariatricians, and this type of "treatment" of obesity is perhaps the fastest growing form of medical quackery there is! If obesity were merely the result of overreating, treatment would be relatively simple, the doctors say. But there are several possible medical reasons for obesity, and each patient must be treated according to the reason for his obesity: 1) Environmental, or "misnutrition" due to the excessive 3 big days... THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Washi Birthday ^ -I SAL E! PRICES CHOPPED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT! *3*: spurgeons WANT \SPURGEON CREDIT CARD? Call 385-4100 Aid We Will Mail You An Application Blank availability of food; 2) physiological, which may be due to aging, to the onset of meno-. pause, or the lack of exercise; 3) psychoneurotic, or emotional, obesity; 4) genetic, or metabolic, obesity such as may be related to diabetes; 5) hormonal obesity; and 6) iatrogenic obesity, that which is caused by certain drugs, such as "the pill." CITE REASONS Some of the most interesting reasons for obesity, bariatricians say, are psychological. Dr. Jean Mayer of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard agrees. He says: "Many of the obese are effectively, indeed compulsively, habituated to excessive food intake or weight gain." For this reason, in the most severe cases, psychiatric therapy must accompany a weight reduction program. Dr. Grace A. Goldsmith, professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, states, "Too little attention has been given to the many facets of therapy: motivation, psychic and emotional aspects, familial and environmental problems and individualization of treatment with close supervision. Therapeutic success can be obtained only if the patient strongly desires to lose weight, and if the physician is willing to devote the necessary time to the patient's problems." It seldom does any good for the physician to accuse the patient of gluttony and treat him by trying to frighten and reform him. Tolerance, sympathy and understanding on the part of the physician and the willingness of the physician to spend time with the patient can mean the difference between success and failure. Because a good patient-physician relationship is so important to effective reducing, bariatricians concentrate on dealing with many different aspects of obesity. They endeavor to guide patients in a safe, sensible weight-reduction plan that takes into account the psychological as well as physical factors involved. Members of the American Society of Bariatrics are specialists who have agreed to highly restrictive procedWED. FEB. 19, 1969 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 3 ures in their medical practice. One aim of the Society is to educate people against common misconceptions about weight reduction. MEDICAL PROBLEM It cannot be overemphasized that overweight is a medical problem, capable of control by medical means, not by selfadministered crash diets, fad foods and magic pills. According to Dr. Norman C. Joliffe of the New York City Department of Health, "At least 90 per cent of all the people who lose weight on a diet proceed to gain it right back, and usually they gain more than they have lost." 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