Each society has its own perception of body image. If today in modern societies, obesity is a symbol of laziness, indulgence and lack of willpower, in many traditional cultures obesity is seen as a sign of beauty, good health and vitality.
The notion of beauty in Africa as in the rest of the world is a polysemic notion with variable contours. How to give a prescriptive definition, that is to say a solid, strict and scientific definition of beauty with the assurance that it is unanimously accepted? According to the Larousse dictionary, beauty is anything that gives visual, auditory, intellectual or moral pleasure, etc…