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No, in medieval and Renaissance Europe, where peasants were regularly stricken by bad harvests and starvation, it was considered more beautiful to have a rounded body and be rosy-cheeked, because this showed good health and financial means. Go read some history and look at some classical paintings.

Having a wasp's waist was also a goal, and stays or corsets were laced very tight, sometimes leading to fainting fits (which is why ladies carried smelling salts to be revived). This was all about having a classical hour glass shape figure.

The trend to be waif-like is very new and recent, as far as human history goes. It is only when humans in the developed world were liberated from the threat of starvation that some thought thin was a good idea!

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Based on history, people always judged other people appearance. We can go as far as ancient Greece or bible times. You are correct that in past rounded body were considered more attractive. But I don't think that conclusion was  based on the actual weight. It was based on the health assessment. In past, we considered skinny people are either sick or malnourished. Therefore, it was not attractive. Now, based on the current knowledge and study, we consider skinny bodies are healthy. Now we know that extra fat around your heart or other internal organs is cause of many health problem and lead to premature death. I think it is like an animal instinct, when dogs are assessing other dogs, humans always will be assessing other humans' bodies. [/quote]

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