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| 35,000 BP–20,000 BP || {{w|Overnutrition}} || {{w|Macronutrient}} || || The first sculptural representations of the human body depict obese females. Some attribute the {{w|Venus figurines}} to the tendency to emphasize fertility while others feel they represent "fatness" in the people of the time.<ref name=Woodhouse>{{Cite book | vauthors = Woodhouse R | title = Obesity in art: a brief overview | volume = 36 | pages = 271–86 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18230908 | doi = 10.1159/000115370 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/?id=nXRU4Ea1aMkC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271 | isbn = 978-3-8055-8429-6 | series = Frontiers of Hormone Research | chapter = Obesity in Art – A Brief Overview }}</ref> ||
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| 1575 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || Disease {{w|Macronutrient}} || Medical development || {{w|Atherosclerosis}} is first described.<ref name=Al2008/> there is evidence that the condition occurred in people more than 5,000 years ago.<ref name=Al2008>{{cite book|last1=Shor|first1=Allan| name-list-format = vanc |title=Chlamydia Atherosclerosis Lesion: Discovery, Diagnosis and Treatment|date=2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781846288104|pages=8|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZEIAhmr7jOMC&pg=PA8|language=en}}</ref> ||
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| 1620 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || {{w|Micronutrient}} ({{w|vitamin deficiency}}) || Medical development || An English bonesetter by name "Rickets" becomes famous for his diagnosis and treatment of {{w|vitamin D}} deficiency and his name becomes associated with the disease.<ref name="M L">{{cite book |last1=Kulkarni |first1=M L |title=Vitamins in Health & Disease |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=wl-11EtNti8C&pg=PA42&dq=%22Rickets%22+%22vitamin+D%22+%22in+1700..1950%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRg4fpy__nAhWSDbkGHdqbBnQQ6AEIOzAC#v=onepage&q=%22Rickets%22%20%22vitamin%20D%22%20%22in%201700..1950%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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