title: Obesity in art: a brief overview.
abstract: This brief overview of obesity in art will look at how fatness has been depicted in Western art and its antecedents from classical times to the present day; what, if anything, this can tell us about how prevalent obesity was in previous centuries, and how the meanings attached to being fat may have altered over the years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Rosalind
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woodhouse
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009765:Obesity / Q000266:history*; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history