ABSTRACT
The 2200-year-old Terracotta Army of Chinese Emperor Qin is sometimes referred to as the eighth wonder of the world, and comprises at least 8000 life-size hollow figures molded from clay, each one unique in size, facial features, hair style, clothing, and posture, and each is sculpted in incredible detail. The ‘fat is funny' concept is not universally male in either show business or everyday life; carnivals and circuses of bygone ages were inhabited by female ‘fat freaks' with names such as Jolly Ollie and Dolly Dimples – rosy-cheeked Cushie Butterfields populate every soap opera and television drama – but it is a role most often filled by the stout male. A good practical rule of thumb for active clinicians is that if someone looks as though they have a weight problem, they have a weight problem. Physical activity is rare in most people's work and leisure lives. The comic habitus of the obese male is no longer funny.
