Petition · past parliament

Stop weighing young adults/children in schools.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

We need to stop weighing our younger generations in school, as it is harmful to their mental health and may possibly trigger eating disorders. Instead, we should be encouraging healthy diets. Younger children also do not know about the psychological effect of being a ‘perfect’ size will have on them

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Aug 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 Aug 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.