Obesity: a disorder of convenience

Obesity: a disorder of convenience.

This paper was commissioned by the Foresight programme of the Office of Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry © 2007 Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO; published with permission Journal compilation © 2007 The International Association for the Study of Obesity. obesity reviews 8 (Suppl. 1), 183–187 183 OnlineOpen: This article is available free online at www.blackwell-syn...

[Obesity: a puzzling disorder].

* PhD. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School o Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil. To a certain extent, we may say that the history of humankind has been characterized by struggles against hunger. However, there have been reports and depictions of obese persons since ancient times. In some societies, and even in western societies, in some periods, ...

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