Should I encourage my neice to consider WLS?

My neice is morbidly obese. She is 20 yrs. old, is approximately 5'7" and I would guess her weight at 350 to 380 pounds (she takes a size 36 pants and a 4x top). she gets bigger every year. Her parents are not concerned about her size (her mother is obese) and have never given her any direction in regards to diet or a healthy life style. She has been over weight her entire life. She has a good job, has insurance thru the local school board and lives at home. The rest of our family is extremely concerned for her health, both physical and psychological. I also am morbidly obese and will be having WLS in the near future. I would very much like to encourage her to loose weight and possibly concider WLS for herself (after she has seriously atempted at least one good diet). Should I try to give her some sort of guidance or should I just mind my own business and keep my thoughts and opinions to myself?

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