The White Falcon - 21.02.1986, Side 10

Many people across the country are looking for
a fast and easy way to lose excess weight. And
many will turn to the latest fad diet for help.
The Anerucab Heart Association urges dieters
to adopt healthful eating habits on a permanent
basis, instead of impatiently pursuing crash
diets in hopes of shedding unwanted pounds in a
few days.
Fad diets usually over-emphasize one particu-
lar food or type of food, according to Dr. Wil-
liams L. Winters Jr., president of the Texas Af-
filiate of the American Heart Association.
"Fad diets violate the first principle of good
inutrition, which is to eat a balanced diet that
includes a variety of foods," said Dr. Winters.
"Those who are able to stick with a fad diet for
■one than a few weeks may develop nutritional de-
ficiencies, because no one type of food contains
all the nutrients needed for good health."
Despite what the fad diet books may say, the
sensible way to lose weight permanently is to cut
down on the quanity of foods--especially the
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high calorie extras like desserts, fried foods,
sweets and alcoholic beverages -- while maintain-
ing or increasing physical activity.
Because eating habits do not change overnight,
Dr. Winters suggests tackling just one habit at a
time and getting used to that change before mov-
ing on to the next.
Inadequate arms cooperation hurts NATO
By Donna Bolinger
(AFIS) — If the Warsaw Pact Forces were ever to
roll across Central Europe, they would be met by
NATO forces operating six different kinds of tanks.
Not only do most of the NATO tanks have major
structural differences that require unique repair
parts, most of them don't even shoot the same kind
of ammunition.
The United States spent more than $1 billion in
research, development and testing of the Abrams
tank. Great Britain and Germany spent just as much
on the Challenger and the Leopard, respectively.
This doesn't happen only with tanks. NATO
countries produce and deploy many armaments that
are not compatible with their allies' systems. What
ultimately suffers is the combat effectiveness of
NATO forces.
Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV
recently identified this problem in the system that
arms NATO. "Inadequate arms cooperation hurts
NATO both in capabilities and costs," he said.
Taft said the use of standardized equipment by
Warsaw Pact forces gives them a considerable edge
over NATO forces. For example, rather than
fielding six distinctly different tanks, the Warsaw
Pact has five tanks, each basically an evolutionary
improvement of the previous model with many
common features.
Taft said the efficiency of this system enables the
Warsaw Pact to:
O get more more bang for the buck, by
outproducing NATO countries with less defense
expenditure;
□ maintain substantially lower development-to-
deployment leadtimes than NATO;
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□ narrow the quality gap, which for so long gave
NATO a substantial lead; and
□ move ahead of the West in some areas of
technology.
"Inadequate arms cooperation hurts NATO both in
capabilities and in costs," Taft said. "Unless we do
better, the inexorable upward push in weapons costs
can prevent Alliance nations from replacing current
equipment and inventories in sufficient numbers."
So what's keeping NATO from working together?
Taft said it boils down to:
□ protectionism, or each country's attempt to
protect its own industry;
□ concern about technology security; and
□ the difficulty of reaching agreement within each
NATO member's political, military, technical and
commercial communities.
Taft emphasized that better cooperation within
NATO in the development of arms should not
interfere with competition and free trade. Instead,
it will assure that the benefits of competition are
realized and shared throughout the alliance.
Maintaining the proper balance between sharing
critical technology within NATO and protecting it
from Soviet exploitation, Taft said, will require
broad cooperation.
"Our alliance can and will benefit substantially if
we move forward as true partners to share the
burdens and benefits of cooperatively developed,
modern conventional weapons,' Taft said.
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