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Metamorphoses of Fat: The History of Obesity from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century

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Metamorphoses of Fat: The History of Obesity from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century
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Hygiene, fullness, obesity – these concepts seem to mean the same thing, but reflect a different attitude to the problem of excess weight. Georges Vigarello's book is a fascinating and dramatic study of how humanity looked at fat people before and how obesity is perceived today. In different eras, obesity is evidence of nobility and laziness, intemperance and disease, ancient doctors and doctors of the Enlightenment argue about its causes, air, water, malnutrition and metabolism are blamed for its appearance. Today, with more than a billion people suffering from obesity worldwide, Vigarello’s book on the metamorphosis of fat is taken as a particularly relevant reading. Georges Vigarello is a French historian and sociologist, a specialist in the sociology of medicine, a professor at the University of Paris V, the author of the books “The Art of Attractiveness” and “The History of Fatigue” published in UFOs.
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