Petition · past parliament
Do NOT start weighing children in school.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop making children feel punished for their bodies - instead, we should work with both children and parents to encourage healthy lifestyle choices.
Weighing primary school children could have catastrophic effects. A child should not be made to feel guilty for their body - especially when their health is partially their parents responsibility. Compulsory weighing of children in primary school could trigger things such as body dysmorphia and obsessive calorie counting.
Im sure it would be much better for there be a few more overweight children than a generation of kids who develop an eating disorder because of terrible government strategies.
Im sure it would be much better for there be a few more overweight children than a generation of kids who develop an eating disorder because of terrible government strategies.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 15 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
20 Aug 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.