I remember when i was living in USA people would be very subtle about letting people know they were getting chunky and i don't think that is the right way to go. When i was getting bigger it happened gradually and since an individual can't notice these gradual changes on their own, i think that body-shaming is a good thing. I'm not saying that people should run around calling bigger people fatties or anything but sometimes the truth is a lot better than lying.

In Thailand, the culture is one of no such subtleties, Thai people will tell you straight to your face that you are fat in a friendly, non-confrontational way. They do the same thing with good attributes too and I think over the years I have come to enjoy this sort of honesty.