Obesity and overweight unfortunately is the disease of XXI century, which is caused mostly by the sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet. Obesity means increased adipose tissue in the body.
The earliest sculptural representations of the body all show it as female, large-buttocked, obese even, although the smooth contours of the Venuses of Willendorf (30000โ22000 BC), and Lespugue (34000โ29000 BC) contrast with the lumpy obesity of the Venus of Laussel (25000โ20000 BC).
The obesity was a sign of wealth in Middle Ages and Renaissance period; it was relatively common among the โeliteโ. The paintings of Peter Paul Rubens (Helena Fourment in a Wedding Dress, 1630-1631; Portrait of a Woman, 1625-1627) are the best illustrations of this phenomenon.
The microscopic images of the adipose tissue are presented below.
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