How do I tell someone they are not fat?

I have found that sometimes when young girls and women make comments about being fat or ask the questiong, “Do I look fat?”, they are looking for the answer to be, “No way, you are not fat. You look so pretty.”. There are times when a young lady thinks she looks very good but needs just a little reassuring from someone on the outside. I refer to these types of questions and comments as “fishing”. As in fishing for compliments. I do realize that there are very serious illnesses that can distort one’s view of their body. Maybe your friends just like to hear someone tell them they are pretty. Try to focus on other things besides the way they look. For example, is one of your friends really good in a subject at school? You could compliment her on both aspects by saying, “You sounded so good reading that speech in front of class the other day and your outfit was perfect for the occasion.”, or if one of friend’s is a strong swimmer, you could say, “I don’t know where you got that cute bathing suit but it really looks good when you do that cool dive.”. Find ways to compliment other great things about your friends. Take the focus off the weight. You can still tell your friends they are not fat, but don’t say it in those exact words. Take words like “fat”, “skinny”, and “thin” completely out of your vocabulary. Compliment smiles, eyes, personality, and all the many other things that you like about your friends. Hopefully, they will follow your lead and you may start finding out there are many things they like about you that you didn’t even know.