Women in future art masterpieces are likely to look ‘gaunt and tired’ as a result of trendy weight loss jabs – unlike the ‘fat and unhealthy’ Mona Lisa, a leading obesity doctor says.
Experts believe the smiling woman in Leonardo Da Vinci’s 16th Century portrait was overweight with high cholesterol or an underactive thyroid.
Dr Michael Yafi, a children’s medic at the University of Texas Houston, said fat women were considered beautiful in the past.
Many leading artists depicted female models with bulging waistlines and ample curves, he added.
But Dr Yafi believes future paintings will probably show women as unusually thin as weight
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