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[A continuing study of America’s 60 million overweight]

White-Collar Workers:
Watch Your Weight!
by Robert S. Kleckner
Science Writer, Chicago Sun-Times

Pity the poor white-collar workers . . . men or women . . . the very pattern of whose
business life tends to push them into excess poundage.

Being sedentary (minimum physical exertion), their bodies utilize less of their food
intake as energy . . . store more of it as body fat. Other negative influences are the coffee break
(seldom just coffee) and the high-calorie lunch. In short, daily overeating is bluntly defined by
medical opinion as the chief cause of most overweight.

Result, according to a recent national survey: overweight problems now confront 47.8
per cent of all sales and clerical workers; 50.4 per cent in business and professional fields.

Attempted solution: the “periodic diet” . . . involving an estimated 16 to 17 million

people at any given time. And far too many adopt some fad or lose-it-fast plan . . . ignoring the
incontestable fact that only a daily reduction of calories can take weight off and keep it off.

The silver lining: there is a way to keep body weight in line (by staying within the daily
caloric limit your body needs) and still have fun at the table. Foods you really enjoy eating can
provide your nourishment and energy requirements. Naturally it isn’t wise to use up your calorie
quota in one big meal. Particularly, it is not wise to skimp at breakfast.

In fact, nutritional authorities consistently advise a nourishing breakfast for dieters every
day. That’s where a fine, high-protein oatmeal breakfast comes into the diet picture. For while
an average serving of hot, delicious oatmeal, with milk and sugar, adds up to only 210 calories . .
. it provides 9 whole grams of the high-quality protein your body needs.

With a good, stick-to-the-ribs breakfast like this, a weight-watcher can feel well-fed and
satisfied all morning long. No nibbling or mid-morning snacks required, or even missed.

It really works.
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