Need advice on morbidly obese roommate... Hey guys, I joined to ask advice on what to do with a very morbidly obese friend/roommate. I'm a thin active younger person, and he's much older and retired. How do I tell him to eat more healthier and try to lose weight (he's nearing 500 lbs at the rate he's going every year). Sometimes he jokes with me and says I look anorexic (but I'm at a healthy size and weight for my height!).  Also, I do 99.9% of all the housework cleaning and repairing in the apartment cause he's too lazy to clean, and I'm fed up. I'm only living with this person because they are a good friend and I have to finish college and can't afford to live on my own yet.  I'd like him to live at least 10 more years....but I'm afraid the damage is done to his health. We are both worked in the healthcare field, and I'm surprised by how someone can let themselves go like this. He claims it's all from beer, but I know that's not true at all. I used to be overweight in high school for a year, until I exercised and ate healthier, and now people don't believe that I ever was overweight in the past. I fear to ever become overweight ever again in my lifetime. I see how hard it is to live a good life if you're obese, and people treat you differently. So my question to you guys are...how do say it nicely that I want him to eat healthier and take care of his health (cause he doesn't eat healthy at all) without offending him...or maybe it's best I do offend him? He has a gym membership like myself, and doesn't go. Thanks and sorry for the long rant.  ;)