Herald & Lantern 23 May '84 business 15

Diet Do's Don 't Confuse Disease Obesity With the Person

By RUTH ALCORN WANBERG For some time now, I have been thinking how useful a question and answer column on diet and weight control in the local paper would be for countians.

I don't mean the usual doctor patient type which deals with health, but one geared to answering questions you may have on diet as it pertains to losing weight which don't require nffdical expertise. So last month I worked up a proposal for this type % of column and sent it to the - editor of the Cape May County Herald and Lower Township Lantern. In my letter, I also mentioned . some of my volunteer activities here in the county. I Guess what? I got another volunteer assignment. A column called "Diet Do's." So, here goes ! THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, we bought our first house. It was in Avalon. I decided then it would be an ideal time to start a new way of life. I had always been overweight, constantly chasing every new diet or cure. Now I would seek professional help. I set up an appointment at a local clinic and asked for help and guidance in losing the excess pounds. Even today, that visit is seared in my memory. The ' doctor accused me of eating enormous amounts of food, stuffing myself, , and said I should be ashamed of myself! I was compeltely crushed. I had reached out for help and was rewarded with a diatribe. It took strength to walk past- the other patients in the waiting room. Since then, I have learni ed much about obesity, at- \ tending lectures, reading volumes, an joining clubs. Current studies show that gaining and holding excess pounds doesn't require consuming enormous quanities ofr food. We must not confuse the disease (obesity is a disease, ranking among the top major causes of death in our country) with the person. Just as we wouldn't despite someone with a . particular disease, we should be just as sympathetic to overweights, encouraging them in their fight to lose excess pounds. "Diet Do's" will recommend and stress foundation repair and maintenante by forming new and healthier habits. It's a whole new world out there in the field of weight control. No longer is a "guilt trip" laid on the victim of overweight. Instead forward-thinking ideas and methods are offered and, above all, encouragement. MY ANSWERS to your questions will be based on the knowledge of a lifetime of being, overweight. I made all the mistakes; maybe I can help you avoid some. So write to me, all of you who are stuggling to maintain a reasonably normal weight, as well as those of y6u who are disproportionately Donate Blood. , Weill* '

overweight. I know how much encouragement you need to do the job. I will be happy to share the knowledge I've gained with you. And know this; you'll be much better off, mentally as well as

physically, once you kick your poor eating habits. Write to Ruth A. Wanberg, c/o of this newspaper. For a' personal reply, include a self- ■ addressed, stamped envelope.

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