Amber and Anna explore perceptions of human body shape in different times and places. What’s the difference between fatness and obesity? Why should we look askance at BMI? What is UP with Peter Paul Rubens and his damp, shiny nudes? And more!
Links
The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI (Medium’s Elemental)
A Brief History of Obesity: Truths and Illusions (Clinical Oncology News)
Obesity in the Neolithic Era: A Greek Female Figurine (Obesity Surgery)
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (via Worldcat)
How a Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer the South Pacific (Gizmodo)
A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans (Nature Genetics)