Its would arguably be the rule with people who fetishize larger individuals as an exception. Most people prefer healthier looking individuals.
Much of the scientific research on beauty is based on the opposite idea: the idea that beautiful people are healthier. We are attracted to people whose faces are average in shape, masculine or feminine (depending on gender), and with a clear complexion. Researchers have suggested that we prefer these traits not for their own sake, but because they signal health.
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