Awoman described her middle-aged hubby thusly: “He’s 44 inches around the waist, size seven and a half around the head, 95 around the golf course and a nuisance around the house.”Clever, of course, this play on phrases, but under the thin veneer of humor is a rock-hard truth about waistlines. Many men, as well as women, face ongoing warfare in the battle of bulges, and they’re losing.Merchandisers of pills, pushers of exercise equipment and calorie-counting doo-dads are showing up at every turn. Yes, tons of adults are going to great heights to avoid great widths. They are tearful when stepping ...