Abstract
William Wadd, the first author of a book entirely dedicated to obesity in 1810, compared the condition and man’s fascination with it, to the highest mountains and the great pyramids: “in vastness lies sublimity.” This explains the phenomenon of exhibitionism and voyeurism around the most obese individuals.
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Haslam, D.W. (2014). Fat on Display. In: Haslam, D., Sharma, A., le Roux, C. (eds) Controversies in Obesity. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2834-2_7
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