Why is there no fat people in Skyrim?

[Magic Spazm]

I would expect the Jarls that sit on their butts all day and attend all those feasts to be big ole fatty boys.

[casualsailor]

One does not become a Jarl unless one is the meanest, nastiest and toughest s.o.b. that has probably had to defeat the strongest challengers to their claim to the title.

So, although they might be a bit off their prime fighting condition, I suspect they spend quite a bit of time keeping themselves in shape to deal with the next "would-be" Jarl to come along.

[Futa Fanatic]

Generic models?

[MysticMalevolence]

Because the vanilla game only allows for armors to conform to one body shape--anyone who wears that armor will be that body shape because of how armor works.

[Draughir]

Because someone stole all their sweet rolls, and the only thing left to eat is lutefisk.
I'd be skinny too.

[🐼PANDArek]

Becouse there isn't a mod adding McDonalds.

[alexander_dougherty]

Skyrim is a rough land, anyone getting fat is easy prey for the wolves (and bears, and skeevers, and sabretooth cats).
Fat People are predominately found in lands with easy agriculture, while some do exist in lands with poorer soil (like Skyrim) they are usually rich and powerful. However in Skyrim the powerful have to defend their power from challenges, so being fat would be asking to get killed in a duel.
Rich merchants would transfer their business headquarters out of a cold hard country like skyrim pretty fast, long before they become fat, and those who become fat first.... Well bandits, wild animals, Falmer or ambitious underlings would kill them off.

Non-lorewise it's just overuse of generic builds, no real variety.

[Finn ™]

because, fat people in skyrim would have 150/300 equip load standard, that would be unfair.

[GrimCat]

They were all eaten by the Cult of Namira.

[FauxFurry]

The character customization was too simple at the time of release to introduce them as anything other than another race and that could have had implications that they wouldn't have wanted to deal with. They more than made up for it in Fallout 4 with the body shape pyramid.
The Diversification of Skyrim mod will have to do for anyone who really wants to see more body types around the setting.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9193

[smr1957]

Of course, there is this, if you feel like porting it over for your own use:
Fat Bas ta rds in Skyrim - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57875

[FauxFurry]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Of course, there is this, if you feel like porting it over for your own use:
Fat Bas ta rds in Skyrim - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57875

Fat Children Born Out of Wedlock is included in Diversification of Skyrim SE mod.

[mpd1958]

Because they're all on the brink of starvation.

[SpeedFreak1972]

why? because I stole all sweet rolls

[mpd1958]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

why? because I stole all sweet rolls

No. Because all you ever see them eat is bread.

[Cydramech]

Because for all the issues Skyrim has, there are very few politicians throughout. Thank god.