"This might mark the beginning of obsessive thoughts about their own bodies, and self-questioning as to why they don’t align with their perceived ideal."   35% of adults in the US are obese.  If we look at overweight people, that's an additional 34% of people over 15 in the US. All in all, 69% of people in the US are overweight or worse. About 1-2% of people in the US are underweight.  I really have a hard time seeing where they're coming from. There are more than fifteen times as many obese people as underweight ones, so if anything, presenting characters they apparently view as role models as overweight is motherfucking insanity. I mean, if I am completely honest, they seem to have no clue what a normal, non-overweight body is even supposed to look like.