A History of Obesity, or How What Was Good Became Ugly and Then Bad Garabed Eknoyan  Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease  Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 421-427 (October 2006) DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2006.07.002 Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The Venus of Willendorf. Limestone figure from the Late Paleolithic Period, c. 25,000 BC (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Reproduced with permission.) Photo credit: Erich Lessing, Art Resource, NY. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 2006 13, 421-427DOI: (10.1053/j.ackd.2006.07.002) Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Stamp issued by Belgium to honor the many contributions of Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874), astronomer and mathematician, who in his studies of probability statistics developed the “Quetelet Index,” also known as the body mass index (BMI). Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 2006 13, 421-427DOI: (10.1053/j.ackd.2006.07.002) Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions