"Morbid obesity" was even more uncommon and then a new term had to be invented recently for the fat epidemic - "Super morbid obesity." If you watch that 1906 video of "A Trip down Market Street" there are hundreds of people in it and not one is obese in spite of the fact that I'm sure they all had different genetics, hormones, etc. The only stretching present-day obeasts do is for excuses.