Fat is not fat in most of the world. Its usually a sign of health and wealth!
Mrs. Pete went on a medical mission to Haiti and was complemented several times on how healthy she looked, and she is not what I would call obese, just curvey! (And still has all her teeth and hair! :)
My teenaged daughter went on a mission to Jamaica, and when she came back, she picked up her little sister and said, “Wow, she has all her limbs!”