OGDEN, Utah — A local mom offered her daughter some unsolicited advice this weekend, suggesting she might feel more confident about her body if she put down the fork and lost a few pounds, sources close to the family confirmed.

“I think my daughter is beautiful just the way she is,” said concerned mother Dorothy Bell. “But I think she would be even more beautiful if she cut out carbs and lost some weight around her midsection and thighs. Now that I think about it, her arms look a little meaty, too, and her face looks fuller than it did as a teenager. I even offered to pay for excessive skin removal surgery if she lost weight. It doesn’t get more supportive than that.”

Mrs. Bell worries that her daughter’s weight gain and her reluctance to apply full-face makeup before going to the grocer

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