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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1982)
Fitting big, tall and small Clothina for the unusual size means bia problems Most people are pretty average, especially when it comes to size. Buying clothing doesn't cause a lot of trouble It's a fairly simple matter to troop down to a store (any store), pick something off the rack, take it home and voila! — new clothes But for people built to the tune of different drummers, buying clothes can be a frustrating experience The average American man stands between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 145 to 179 pounds. American women average 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 7 inches in height and weigh 110 to 140 pounds. If your dimensions differ from those, you may have a hard time shopping for clothes While large and tall men have a somewhat easier time buying clothes, the Eugene area is especially bad for people who cannot wear average-size clothing A teeter-totter economy has reduced the number of specialty shops and driven up the prices of those that remain The mainstream retailers are also looking at increas ing their prices to cover the overhead of carrying specialty items Selection for small women is going to be limited, says Cynthia Gerdes. clothing manager for Frederick and Nelson Retail is dedicated to the idea of catering to the average, to selling things that will move fast," Gerdes says "It's difficult for the small woman to find clothing that will give her a professional look and not a teeny bopper look." The Petite Woman's Shop, in Valley River Center, is a new store carrying some designer wear with a larger selection of petite clothes than most department stores, says manager Cindy Wiser Larger women may find the retail scene in Eugene depressing The Bigger and Better Half store went out of business last year, leaving only J Burton's in Valley River Center The store carries a wide selection, including half-sizes, and what isn't in stock can usually be ordered Some mainstream retailers in Eugene carry a few half-sizes for petite or larger women, includ ing Meier and Frank, JC Penney and Montgomery Ward, but shoppers still face limited selections Sophomore Rodnie Taylor, a 6-foot-8-inch bas ketball starter, is flanked by petite junior Julie Ragozzino and 5-foot- 10-inch senior Ellyn Koz lowski and high prices The situation is better tor big and tall men Suppliers are now making clothing for the larger man that is readily available in the retail store, according to Mark Lerfold, Frederick and Nelson men's clothing manager Most retailers can also special order for the large and tall man, Lerfold says, but it costs extra and delays the “immediate gratification" of buy ing clothes in a store What can t be found in a store may be found in a catalogue, but both Lerfold and Gerdes say that color and size are still limited and expensive. By Allan Routh fat. a matter of fact 1 Statistics about one of Amer ica's favorite subjects, fat, are overwhelming For example, four people out of ten are overweight Of the unfortunate overweight, 95 per cent of the men carry extra pounds above their waists Only 25 per cent of overweight women are top heavy Pear-shaped people can der ive some comfort from re search, although most of the news is not good Above-the-waist fat sufferers are more prone to diabetes than the pear-shaped Top-heavy people have enlarged fat cells which have fewer insulin recep tors to control the utilization of sugar Below-the-waist fat is harder to lose because fat cells multiply in that area The enlarged fat cells of the top-heavy are easier to do away with. So if you’re getting skinny on top and noth ing's happening to your hips and thighs, there's a reason for it The best thing to do is to tell people to quit bugging you about your disproportionate derriere and learn to live with it Taking off fat without working very hard at it is a frequent con versation topic One way, which unfortunately doesn't work, is to steam or sweat it off Some people choose to soak in a steambath, sit in a sauna, exercise with a rubberized sweatsuit or invest in a natty pair of sauna shorts. But water weight loss comes back to haunt vou as soon as vou drink something The solution? Burn up more calories than you take in, and don't avoid water Phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, is the appetite suppres sant found in over-the-counter diet pills. It works by inhibiting taste and smell receptivity, which reduces the drive to eat. Right now, there's no proof that r it's habit-forming, physically Only 25 to 75 milligrams of PPA is found in most diet pills. 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