To make a personal application of these deductions a table of average weights is necessary which is not given in the report. These tables are not the same for all adult ages and there is no universally accepted standard of average weights, but the following table will give approximately a fair general average for English-and American lives at the ages to which particular reference is made 5 ft. 6 in. 137 Ibs. 5 ft, 9 in, 156 Ibs, 5 ft. 6 in, 141 dbs. 5-ft, 10 in. 161 Ibs. 5 ft. 7 in. 146 lbs. ft. 11 in, 167 lbs. 5 ft. 8 in. 151 ibs. 6 ft, 173 Ibs, Common observation confirms the statistical findings in_ the report. under review. While Tnedicat science may subsequently determine why the body mechanisms function better in those who are of lighter build than in heavier set persons, we are chicky coneened with the knowledge already acquired, that overweight is an almost certain indication of physical] degeneration, and it is considered as such by all life insurance companies in estimating the fitness of applicants as insurance risks, You, Sir, can fortunately scan these lines with complacency, but not so the majority of your older adult readers, for I regret to be obliged to take exception to the suggestion you make in your leader, to which reference is made, that overweight is not a characteristic of foreign - re-
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