Submitted on Saturday 7th August 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 11th August 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop the weighing of students in primary school.
Completely stop the weight checks of primary school children that categorises them into underweight, healthy and overweight. This is when school nurses come in and measure the height and weight of the child.
By weighing children you are implanting into their brains early roots of an eating disorder, and I’m speaking from experience. When I was 10 years old I was made aware of the fact that we were going to be weighed. Starting from that day, I began unhealthy habits I thought would make me loose weight and started excessive exercising and under eating. Then after growing older and speaking to the people around me about their experiences. I realise how triggering this event has been for everyone. I dread the day my younger sibling will have to go through this.
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