Doctor
Talk
?7 JOHN B. REMBERT. M. D.
At *a time each year this writ
er ffmnH a oaiuma especially
to parents of young children en
tering public school for the first
time in SopUanfee*. la this con
nect ion. the American Academy
of Pediatrics recently issued gen
eral information suggestion* that
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If the child wont go to school,
parents should look at themselvas
and tlwir relationship to the child
for the cause of the difficulty.
The duld neetk to know that his
parents are satisfied with him.
and that his achievements are
good enough to wia a place far
him in the family group. When |
these fundamentals are complete
ly satisfied, the child will be'
free to develop the initiative, self
reliance. and sense of responsi
bility that are evidences of norm
al emotional growth.
To such a youngster, school is
not an abrupt trans istion to a
strange and frightening new
world, but a continuation and ex
entsion of the experience he has
been enjoybtff.
Parents can build up a child's
self-reliance and. give him a feel
ing of adventure in this coming
experience. They might stress
the pleasure of making new
friends, learning to read, play
ing new games. Parents might
take him to the school building
and play grounds before the open
ing. He could be taught to crass
a busy street and find his way
about. He should be sent off to
school in a happy, peaceful frame
of mind without tearful goodbyes
or warning words in his ears.
He can be happy if he fits in.
He might not lit in if he has
health problems. The pediatrici
ans mention that he may have
difficulty hearing or seeing, his
postire might not be right, his
heart normal, his muscles of
good tone.
Results of pre-school examina
tions includes that most children
aire normal in all respects. If de
ficiencies are found they might
be orthopedic trouble which ap
pear most often, or allergic con
ditions, or emotional, ear, nose,
thoat, or nutritional problems in
that order.
After the pre-school check for
beginners, what then? The Acad
emy of Pediatrics recommends a
health supervision visit at least
once a year.
Health And
Beauty
It shouldn't be hard tor you to
lose weight. In most coses over
weight results from just plain
overeating. When you consume
more calories than your body
needs, to- operate, the excess cal
ories are stored in your body
in the form of fat If you- cut
down on the amount of food
you eat, your body will draw on
some of its stored fat and the
result will be a weight loss.
It is not always as easy to lose
weight as it seems it should be.
Reducing, we hove learned re
cently, is an emotional and social
problem. It is emotional because
in the first place, you must fore
go foods that give you deep
satisfaction. The social problem
develops when you must be
around family and friends who
are eating a lot more than you
do.
The first and most important
step you must take when ap
proaching the problem of over
weight is make sure you really
want to lose weight. Many people
who diet unsuccessfully don't
really care if they bulge at the
seams. They don't worry that
statistics warn that overweight
makes a person more liable to
diseases that shorten their lives.
The people really perfer eating
anything they want and kits of
it. It makes up for the boredom
and dissatisfaction of their lives.
A medical checkup before you
start dieting is a good idea.
You may be the rare person
whose overweight is oaused by
an organic problem. Also, you
may be one of those people
whose body tissues have on
above-average tendency to re
tain water.
No nytter what kind of diet
you choow, don't fail to get the
"basic seven" too* They are
one pM of milk: one tablespoon
of whole-wheat, rye or enriched
of butter; one act; three sheas,
white bread, mm asrrin* (four
ounces) of meat, fish, or poultry,
one servinf (half a eap) of green
leaf or yellow vaffMMea; serv
ing* of tw?otlxr vegetables; an
citrus fruit or tomato; and ???
other fruit ? ~~
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