Greco-Roman and Byzantine views on obesity

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Papavramidou, Niki ^a   Christopoulou Aletra, Helen ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Byzantine; Greco Roman; History of obesity; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOOK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BYZANTIUM; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; ROMAN WORLD;

EID: 34047120184     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9017-2     Document Type: Review

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