title: Obesity in byzantine and in modern era from a public health perspective.
abstract: Obesity is one of today's most serious and amplified public health problems. Surprisingly, obesity constituted a health problem through the Byzantine Empire (3rd to 15th century AD) as well; the extent of the problem was then very much alike to that one seen in modem industrialized and developing countries of today. In this report we perform an historical throwback in Byzantine years in order to explore the link regarding the aspects of obesity in these years and in modem era.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. evpol@hua.gr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polychronopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eftychiades
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Panagiotakos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Panagiotakos
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Chrysohoou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marketos
mesh_terms: D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006115:Greece; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D009626:Terminology as Topic