The question would be whether we'd be able to digest the fat of these obese people without the mechanisms of our bodies turning it into something usable.
It’s important that this was an average, there were people at each end of the bell curve.. and there still will be in future statistics.
I would expect that a substantial part of subsequent change in the average is caused by shift in population to cities, where there is far more opportunity to “rack up numbers”.
It’s not uncommon to come into contact with people in their late 20’s or early thirties that are still virgins (both genders).
I place a bet that for a non-insignificant number of people that don’t engage in intimate relationships, it’s due to body issues caused by the very media the linked article reference.
