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. But
the pills add between 25 and
200 milligrams of caffeine, so
you may be both eating less and
climbing the walls One cup of
coffee contains 50 milligrams of
caffeine Almost all OTC do
sages call for 3 to 4 pills a day
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