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This is common in a lot of island and desert populations, where their ancestors had to store fat to survive multiple famines and shortages. Modern diets are terrible and all, but like most things in life, there are a variety of factors at play here.
Finding the right number of calories is difficult - but for some folks, genetically, that number is way lower than others.