It depends on the person i feel.
I know some get off on the health risks, i know realistically the fetish is centered around the unhealth, example the most popular fat fetish video on a certain site is a model showing off their mobility aids. Aka "look at how unhealthy i am" I have seen also tiktoks centered around their health issues.

That being said some care about their longevity but the immobilization people and gaieners know the health risks and still want to.

So again, person dependent

0_0 20$ a pic is hella fucking steep, wow.

I also want to add in, there was a time you were NOT allowed to even BE a model on here. My first account got banned before i even did nsfw modeling because I SAID I was a model.

So being able to promote is a NEW thing in the past few years.

From what I have seen, it has grown (no pun intended) expoentially in the recent years. I think it always was a major fetish, thus why mukbang and such were so popular, i think it is in fact one of THE more popular fetishes.

This is not only judging by the subreddit activities, the sites centered around it, etc. It sincerely is not an "underground" fetish.

I feel like this would be easy to transition to for MOST PEOPLE. Aka people who are not in the middle of nowhere. I didnt get fast food for four years I was so deep in country.

But like, I missed it, I asked for it for Christmas for years.

But now near the city you can walk to it, get it delivered. You have so many options, it is addictive, fast, easy, delicious, cheap.

Mine makes me sad XD

-Laughs in asexual-

Honeyworks lately.

Oh boy finally SOMEONE asked.
People for 10 years in a place it snowed assume this. To a point my skin is turning blue and they are just impressed I am not cold as i shiver.

WE FEEL COLD. PLEASE for the love of fucking GOD give us a jacket. Let us be warm. It is my pet peeve for ten years now as no caretaker got my floridian ass warm clothes.

Anyways everyone has limits of what to them is hot, what to them is cold and it is different. Also physical ailments like anemia make you colder, etc. So it has nothing to do with fat.

I do not wear pants as they never stay up or my belly makes it look like an intertube. I havent looked back since 2011 when i stopped wearing leg prisons.
Fuck them pants XD

2-4k on average
I aim for 10k or more a day .

I get really obsessive with it though though :{