ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief Summary: This review describes how views and understanding of obesity have changed over the last 100 years and how new therapies have been developed. The article summarizes key milestones in knowledge gains that led to the science community’s current understanding. It also shows how the scientific world has dealt with this gain in knowledge in terms of the activity of professional societies and scientific publications. The review closes with a few important aphorism...