Green’s Dictionary of Slang

pudge n.

a short squat person, occas. a thing.

1808		Jamieson Etym. Dict. Scot. Lang. n.p.: Pudge [edn 1825 Pudget], (1) a term applied to a short, thick set animal or person; also, to a person who feeds well.
1924		P. Marks Plastic Age 98: Pudge, as his nickname suggests, was plump.
1930		‘Dean Stiff’ Milk and Honey Route 36: ‘Pudge,’ and ‘baldy,’ are common nicknames or monickers.

In compounds

pudge patrol (n.)

a group of obese people.

1968

Current Sl. II:3 6: Pudge patrol, n. A group of obese persons, often football players.