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Obesity: Facts and Fig
by Tammy Stecko
Collegian Staff Writer
Almost everyone can name a
part of their body that they feel
could spare a couple pounds.
Some of us call refer to excess
pounds as "overweight," while
others refer to it as being
"obese." These terms have often
been used interchangeable, but in
"HOW I MADE $lB,OOO
FOR COLLEGE
BY WORKING WEEKENDS."
When my friends and I graduated
from high school, we all took part-time
jobs to pay for college.
They ended up in car washes and
hamburger joints, putting in long hours
for little pay.
Not me. My job takes just one
weekend a month and two weeks a year.
Yet, I'm earning $lB,OOO for college.
Becaue I joined my local Army
National Guard.
They're the people who help our
state during emergencies like hurri
canes and floods. 'They're also an
important part of our country's military
defense.
So, since I'm helping them do such
an important job, they're helping me
make it through school.
reality they
different.
The term "overweight" is
actually weight in excess of a
person's ideal weight. A person's
ideal weight is derived from
acturial tables, most commonly
the table developed by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. The term overweight
does not take into consideration
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are completely
frame size, muscle mass, etc.
Obesity, on the other hand, is
a disorder characterized be an
excess of body fat. Obesity
doesn't add skeletal weight and
size, and muscle mass. A
percentage of body fat is derived
from data obtained from such
procedures as hydrostatic
(underwater) weighing and
measuring skinfolds using
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calipers. These percentages are
then compared with the normal
body fat percentages for men and
women: 14-17 percent for men
and 22-25 percent for women.
Percentages exceeding these
figures are excess body fat.
A person that exceeds his/her
ideal weight is usually considered
obese. Although some people,
such as body builders and football
As soon as I finished Advanced
Training, the Guard gave me a cash
bonus of $2,000. I'm .alsogettin i g
another $5,000 for tuition and books,
thanks to the New GI Bill.
Not to mention my monthly Army
Guard paychecks. They'll add up to
more than $ll,OOO over the six years
I'm in the Guard.
. And if I take out a college loan, the
Guard will help me pay it back—up to
$1,500 a year, plus interest.
It all adds up to $lB,OOO —or more
—for college for just a little of my time.
And that's a heck of a better deal than
any car wash will give you.
THE GUARD CAN HELP PUT
YOU THROUGH COLLEGE, TOO.
SEE YOUR LOCAL RECRUITER
FOR DETAILS, CALL TOLL-FREE
800-638-7600 OR MAIL THIS
COUPON.
*ln Hawaii: 737-5255; Puerto Rico: 721-4550; Guam: 477-9957; Virgin Islands
(St. Croix): 773-6438; New Jersey: 800-452-5794. In Alaska, consult your local
phone directory.
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All rights reserved.
[ MAIL TO: Army National Guard, P.O. Box 6000, Clifton, NJ 07015
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