While we all know too much icing can lead to obesity, a new study now says too much “Ice Age” can too, linking the famous Ice Age Venus figurines with a widespread prehistoric desire for “female obesity.”
According to a 2019 Lab Blog article, “ Fat shaming ” won’t solve the world’s obesity epidemic, and the World Health Organization says the condition affects more than “1.9 billion people worldwide.” However, a team of University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researchers has published a new theory in the journal, Obesity, suggesting the Ice Age Venus figurines relate not only to a changing climate, but also to a desire for “female obesity.”
The famous figurines were carved around 30,000 years ago and represent the oldest carved human forms ever discovered, but their exact meaning has eluded scientists for nearly two centuries. It is generally agreed that these ancient works of art depict either pregnant or obese women and they have always been associated with beliefs pertaining to human female fertility . However, according to Richard Johnson, MD, lead author of the new study, these oversized ancient females hold the “key to understanding climate change and diet.”
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