Blackcatter, I think none of what you just said is true, why do you think it's so? I really think that's a very pop-culture conventional and not very well-informed take. Lots of people have had extra weight throughout history--or at least, to judge by depictions we make of ourselves. most people today have less leisure time than ever, historically speaking. History suggests that a range of physical types is and has always been the norm. Remember that mesomorph, endomorph, ectomorph, stuff? Where did this lost race of trim people come up with that crazy notion? I don't mean to be rude, but I think you might want to re-think your idea of today's conventions of attractiveness, because your health and history opinion is b.s. and I think there's more wrong with it than what you mean by it. The question really isn't simple, the flat-bellied slim look is only 'natural' for some people, and for most of those, usually when youngish. And I hate it when people keep throwing in 'fit' and 'healthy', as if not looking like a skinny supermodel was a frigging scabrous disease. The whole health imperative, the new old-testament morality of the Self, seems to me a very thoughtless and conventional platform for incredible rudeness and flat-out cruelty. The whole fitness and exercise business is puzzling to me, (not that I haven't indulged in it)--but isn't there anything left worth actually doing? If only we could harness the energy of our narcissism toward some useful purpose. Sorry again for my rambling opinions, but I'm a figurative artist, and I've thought about, and feel strongly about the way people look, and look at each other. I don't think it's so simple.