article_snippet: researchers at the University of Bonn conducted two studies by showing participants two sets of images of people who were either overweight or normal weight.
article_snippet: Images of average sized or thin people produced ratings deemed as more pleasant.
article_snippet: In the UK around 62 per cent of  adults are now considered to be overweight or obese while in the US 35 per cent of adults are clinically obese.
article_snippet: A previous study by the same team in 2014 showed that girls who were called 'fat' by the age of 10 had a higher chance of being over weight by the time girls who were called 'fat' by the age of 10 turned 19 years old.
highlights_snippet: Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles conducted the study .
  