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It’s really mostly Americans. France is also starting to get an obesity issue - 17% of the population is obese (BMI > 30) compared to 15% in 2012, and 47% of adults are overweight as of June 2021. Article in FrenchFrench people really do hate fatness. (As well they should) Especially fat Americans.
We're not to the extent of the US obviously, but a lot of French people are getting chunkier and chunkier to the point where clothing stores have begun supplying XL+ sizes. There used to be almost no plus-size sections in clothing stores (even those like H&M) less than 10 years ago, and the rare items for fats they had were stuffed together with the pregnancy clothes. The largest size you could find was XL, and even that wasn't always available.
Now though? There's way more "plus size" items available in regular clothing sections. Just to give an example, I went to the summer sale (our "sales" are regulated by the government and only happen twice a year), and was surprised to see 2XLs pop up even at Zara (and they do get bought). And it seems that the manufacturers have adjusted their sizes down since a lot of the clothes on average feel bigger.
So Whitney won't be as shocking to your average Frenchman as she would have been even a decade ago. The dislike for Americans is still going strong though. And Parisians look at everyone with disdain anyways, regardless of whether you're a whale or not, especially if you don't speak French.