"Obesity likely began with the advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago. Food surpluses and the relatively sedentary lifestyle on settlements made overconsumption possible for the first time in human history. Another factor was the rise of processed foods and, with the invention of the steel roller mill in the late 19th century, the possibility of mass-marketing those foods. Grains and other carbohydrates that have been broken down are easier to digest. As a result, you get hungry again faster."
Old and Fat
by Christopher Beam
http://www.slate.com/id/2218400/
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Obesity as we know it today must be relatively a new condition, even though such examples existed in the past few centuries. It is hard for me to picture humans had enough food to get super fat even after the advent of agriculture.
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