fat people were attractive, however being fat back then was like having having 20-30 lbs extra so you were in the obese area. being fat back then was significantly different primarily due to the lack of sugar getting calories was a bitch compared to high fructose corn syrup shoved down everyones throat. only the rich could afford high calorie foods so being fat was seen as being rich hence it wasnt necessarily the fat the was attractive it was the implication that they are wealth which made them attractive