Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Obesity and art

  • Obesity and art

    Bojana Cokić Zajecar, Serbia   Obesity is the oldest and most common metabolic disorder of humans, as shown even by the sculptures of ancient civilizations, the Greek caryatids, and Egyptian sphinxes and mummies. Many artists have painted it on their canvases as seen through the prism of their artistic eye and in accordance with the…