I would ask to see her and discuss what was said. I don't think she was necessarily out of order, but I would however want to know more about the context of what she was saying.
Plump is different to skinny (and not necessarily a bad word), and the teacher was pointing out that different people have different body shapes, using the children as real world examples.
By your own admission, your DD wasn't bothered by it (which shows that you're doing a good job about giving her a positive body image!), and it was a legitimate area of the topic they have been learning about. I would imagine they have also discussed skin colour, hair colour, height and many other things like this. In this context, I think it's OK to say that.
By your own admission, she is bigger than some of the other kids around her, so what would you have had the teacher say instead?
I should point out that I totally understand how you feel, since I am also of the plump persuasion (actually, I'm currently a fatty, but I'm steadily getting closer to mere plumpness
).
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