A lot of people seem to have it in their head that there are no overweight Sangheili in the lore, that they are all fit warriors.
But they are of course forgetting the fact that Sangheili are more than just warriors, they are an entire species of billions spread across many planets that would have probably have differing cultures and sub-cultures. They are a society that cannot function if every single Sangheili devotes their life to being a warrior. There would be politicians, chefs, actors, engineers, architects, etc etc, that wouldn’t have time to do all the warrior stuff. Yes, there would be a strong emphasis of being fit, strong and warrior-like in their society, but it just wouldn’t be for everyone. There are of course gluttons in every species. Not to mention, many retired warriors could get fat from not enough exercise, among other things. Being fat would be looked down upon, but it would be a reality for many Sangheili, even ones in high places.

Anyway, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, did you know that there are at least two named Sangheili characters in the books that are fat? Buran ‘Utaral and Hulon ‘Budyasee to be exact. For Buran, in one of the books he’s in, it’s mentioned:

From his seat at Dural’s left hand, Shipmaster Buran ‘Utaral—a battle-tested commander—signaled for his attention. Buran might have gone soft around the middle from spending too much time on a ship rather than on the field of battle, but he had lost none of the edge in his steely eyes.

And:

A grizzled Sangheili, who somehow made Buran look like the peak of fitness, hobbled through the front gate of the keep to greet their command.

I’m pretty sure ‘soft in the middle’ means that he’s fat. I wish it would say how fat, but oh well. The other Sangheili it mentions could be even fatter than Buran, but unfortunately with the wording I can’t really tell.
Anyway, for Hulon:

“An enemy vessel.” A stocky, block-faced Sangheili with bluntended mandibles, Hulon ‘Budyasee was half-again ‘Szatulai’s sixty years and almost twice his girth. “But there has been no report from the readers.”

‘Almost twice his girth’? That’s gotta mean he’s fat. If you say otherwise, you are one million percent wrong.

Anyway, I hoped you learned a lot today about how not every Sangheili is skinny and how fat Sangheili exist.