Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-07-01 / 7. szám
FRATERNITY 5 EAT YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS Alice was the blonde typist in the front office. When she went on a new miracle diet she became a “dizzy” blonde — so dizzy, in fact, that the poor girl had fainting spells. What Alice didn’t realize is that dieting isn’t only a means of losing weight. It’s a method of keeping physically fit, energetic, and on the ball during working hours. A study recently published by the New York State Department of Health shows that to stay efficient and happy on the job, your caloric intake has to equal the amount of energy you expend. Eat too much and those extra pounds begin to show. Eat too little, and like the dizzy stenographer, you may begin to feel faint and uncomfortable — and your work will suffer. For example, those health department figures indicate that a well proportioned stenographer in her early twenties needs only 2,000 calories a day to keep her pencil skidding across her steno pad. A tall husky lumberjack, however, might burn up as much as 4,000 calories every time he tries to mow down a forest. The problem of suiting the meal to the job is an especially big one at large industrial corporations where steamfitters and stenographers often share the same lunch facilities. When a vending machine company began setting up feeding facilities at large plants less than two years ago, it had to design machines that could make as many as 72 different kinds of meals available at the same time in order to satisfy the needs of all the lunchroom patrons. This company, Continental Vending Machine Corporation, put some dietitians to work figuring out how many calories people in various jobs need for maximum efficiency. While they were at it, the dietitians also found out how many calories are needed by people who stay at home. According to the dietitians, a young man of average height and weight requires 3,500 calories every 24 hours if he does strenuous manual work. Laborers, construction workers and stevedores fit into this category. Pavement pounding salesmen, factory hands and press operators of the same age and physical proportions would require only about 3,000 calories. The cracker barrel philosopher had best keep his hand off the crackers. For musing on the affairs of the day, the average man needs only about 2,500 calories. Women, according to Continental Vending Machine Corporation’s dietitians, generally need fewer calories than men. A busy 25-year-old housewife who scrubs floors, irons shirts and runs to the market each day can gobble up 2,500 calories every day and still receive rave notices on her figure. A typist of the same age, height and weight had better keep her caloric intake down to 2,000. A woman accustomed to spending her time watching TV ought to cut down to 1,800 calories if she wants to wear size 12 dresses.
