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===Etymology===
''Obesity'' is from the [[Latin]] ''obesitas'', which means "stout, fat, or plump". ''Ēsus'' is the past participle of ''edere'' (to eat), with ''ob'' (over) added to it. ''[[The Oxford English Dictionary]]'' documents its first usage in 1611 by [[Randle Cotgrave]].
===Historical attitudes===
[[File:Charles Mellin (attributed) - Portrait of a Gentleman - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|alt=A very obese gentleman with a prominent double chin and mustache dressed in black with a sword at his left side.|During the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]] ''The Tuscan General [[Alessandro del Borro]]'', attributed to Charles Mellin, 1645]]
[[File:Venus von Willendorf 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|alt=A carved stone miniature figurine depicted an obese female.|''[[Venus of Willendorf]]'' created 24,000–22,000 BC]]
[[Ancient Greek medicine]] recognizes obesity as a medical disorder and records that the Ancient Egyptians saw it in the same way. [[Hippocrates]] wrote that "Corpulence is not only a disease itself, but the harbinger of others". The Indian surgeon [[Sushruta]] (6th century BCE) related obesity to diabetes and heart disorders. He recommended physical work to help cure it and its side effects. For most of human history, mankind struggled with food scarcity. Obesity has thus historically been viewed as a sign of wealth and prosperity. It was common among high officials in Ancient East Asian civilizations. In the 17th century, English medical author [[Tobias Venner]] is credited with being one of the first to refer to the term as a societal disease in a published English language book.

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