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1. You Can Lose Weight
About 25 million Americans are overweight. If you are among them this book will help you. If you follow its simplified, point-by-point instructions you will be able to reduce to your most desirable weight.
More than 95 per cent of all overweight is caused by an intake of food greater than an output of energy. The energy you expend in work and play is a vital factor in your successful reducing. This varies from person to person and depends upon age, height, and occupation. How to Reduce Surely and Safely offers each individual reader his own personal reducing program.
In a matter of seconds you will be able to find yourself in The Calories You Work table on pages 58 and 59. Then, knowing your energy expenditure, you can select
the proper diet for your requirements. Whether you are a
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man or woman, a housewife, executive, or factory worker, you can find your own Safe and Sure Diet among those listed on pages 62 to 85.
The Calorie Counter listed in Appendix A contains virtually all the food you eat. It is a handy guide in helping you to slim down to your desirable weight and a valuable permanent aid in your kitchen. The Calorie Counter and the other food tables which appear in these pages offer you hundreds of food substitutes. They eliminate the drudgery and complications of many diet systems.
If you reduce to your desirable weight, the scientific odds are that you will live longer. This fact is discussed in detail in Chapter 2, The Dangers of Overweight. You don't need science to tell you that you will also look better and feel better.
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