-----------+-------------------+------------------- | MALES | FEMALES -----------+-------------------+------------------- Height | Weight | Weight -----------+-----+------+------+-----+------+------ Feet Inches| Thin| Fat |Normal| Thin| Fat |Normal -----------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------ 5-- -- | 95 | 126 | 110 | 93 | 122 | 111 5-- 1 | 98 | 132 | 115 | 94 | 128 | 116 5-- 2 | 100 | 138 | 120 | 96 | 134 | 118 5-- 3 | 106 | 144 | 125 | 102 | 140 | 121 5-- 4 | 110 | 149 | 130 | 105 | 145 | 126 5-- 5 | 114 | 155 | 135 | 109 | 151 | 131 5-- 6 | 116 | 158 | 138 | 112 | 154 | 134 5-- 7 | 118 | 161 | 140 | 114 | 157 | 136 5-- 8 | 121 | 164 | 143 | 117 | 160 | 140 5-- 9 | 126 | 173 | 150 | 123 | 169 | 145 5-- 10 | 131 | 178 | 155 | 126 | 173 | 150 5-- 11 | 133 | 184 | 160 | 128 | 179 | 155 6-- -- | 136 | 190 | 165 | 131 | 185 | 160 6-- 1 | 140 | 192 | 170 | 135 | 187 | 165 6-- 2 | 148 | 201 | 175 | 143 | 196 | 170 6-- 3 | 152 | 207 | 180 | 147 | 200 | 175 -----------+-----+------+------+-----+------+------ OBESITY--THE CAUSE A very exhausting treatise could be written upon the cause of obesity, but, summing it all up briefly, corpulency is invariably induced through a direct or indirect violation of the laws of nutrition, as exemplified in their wonderful processes of transforming material called food into pulsating life. A combination of commissions and omissions generally conspire to produce the obese body. They may be mentioned in the order of their importance: 1 Overingestion of fat-producing foods 2 Omission of the proper amount of motion or exercise 3 Imperfect oxidation (breathing) 4 The overconsumption of fluids [Sidenote: Obesity caused by overeating] In every case of obesity, one or more of these causes are present. If one is blessed with good digestion and good assimilation, or, in other words, if all the nutriment taken into the body is absorbed into the tissues, then the quantity must be regulated by one's work or labor, otherwise any excess of fat-producing food is stored up by provident Nature, contemplating future use; and if it is not used, by actual work, the result is a gradual accumulation of fatty tissue. Again, if a quantity of food commensurate only with the requirements of mental labor be consumed, and only ordinary body-activity indulged in, there is likely to be a gradual decrease in weight, because a considerable percentage of energy is consumed by the mere carrying on of the vital processes. [Sidenote: Obesity caused by drinking malted liquors]