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A History of Obesity, or How What Was Good Became Ugly and Then Bad

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1 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 (October 2006) DOI: /j.ackd Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 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  , DOI: ( /j.ackd ) Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Stamp issued by Belgium to honor the many contributions of Adolphe Quetelet ( ), 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  , DOI: ( /j.ackd ) Copyright © 2006 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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