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#WeighingInSchools #PlayNotWeigh With @mollyjforbes @ bodyhappyorg.com, we've created a comprehensive info pack for parents & schools about the National Childhood Measurement Programme. Parents of kids in reception and year 6: Pls #beNCMPinformed! bit.ly/BeNCMPInformed

Here are our 8 main reasons for caring about the NCMP. Are there any reasons that you would add? Download the info pack from our website – and please share it with your networks! Created with @mollyjforbes #BeNCMPInformed #PlayNotWeigh #WeighinginSchools

If you want more info on the NCMP be sure you’ve downloaded the Information Pack we put together with @mollyjforbes from Body Happy Org via our bio above. #BeNCMPInformed #PlayNotWeigh #WeighingInSchools

One of our activists @Sharon_Haywood talked to @laurathomasphd recently for her outstanding essay “Here’s Why You Might Want to Pass on Getting Your Kid Weighed in School”, which you can read over on her substack laurathomas.substack.com

Fat People: Raise your hand if you've been told to "eat less and exercise more" by a healthcare provider who hadn't bothered to ask what you eat, or how much you exercise. Even if dieting did work (and it doesn't) practicing stereotypes instead of medicine would still be wrong.

@_NatashaDevon Thanks so much for sharing! #PlayNotWeigh #BeNCMPinformed

All of this! A short but super-useful thread ⬇️

Calling all parents of children in Reception and Year 6 📣 We have created an information pack, with @mollyjforbes and bodyhappy.org, to help you make an informed decision about opting your child out of the NCMP. Download the free pack here anybodyuk.org/play-not-weigh/

So I found out how much the NCMP costs LAs + NHS digital. I also went down a deep, dark rabbit hole looking at the evidence that the NCMP is harmless, as the govt assert. Turns out those claims are misleading - who'd have thought? laurathomas.substack.com/p/heres-why-yo…

So disappointing 😞

‘Alarming’ rise in children trying to lose weight in England, say experts #Echobox=1658183602" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/society/2022/j…

@furfuzfabunker @melciavucco Intentional weight loss might work in the short term but people usually regain the weight after 5 years. It's a well known study. That's why weightloss is not sustainable in the long term and that's why the weightloss industry is such a profitable business.

Intentional weight loss rarely works, and even if it did it, it's not the solution to body image problems or low self-esteem.

@MrsHickey5 @UCPrimary @UCPrimary_EYFS @Place2Be @AnyBodyOrg #playnotweigh campaign is great to consider when talking to children about body image too. They're ensuring parents and children are aware of their right to opt out of the inaccurate and unhelpful National Child Measurement Programme

Check out Mel's new body image workshop:

Calling fat people an “epidemic” isn't accurate or helpful. Nor are movies/TV creating entire worlds without a single fat person. Fat people see ourselves represented either extremely negatively, or not at all. It's toxic. Fat people deserve positive representation!

Could people please stop peddling "calories in/calories out" diets for weight loss as if we haven't known for decades they don't work - unless, of course, you're hoping for short-term weight loss followed by weight regain and harm from weight cycling? Thanks.

"Eating disorders are one of the deadliest mental illnesses but the funding and support they receive has never met the demand. " theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

If you’re hesitant to give up the word ob*se because it’s a medical term, please remember that up until 1987 homosexuality was included in the DSM as a psychiatric diagnosis. The medical establishment doesn’t always get it right.

Fat suits take jobs from fat actors.

A #NoDietDay reminder: there is plenty of research proving that diets don't "work" and can be harmful for your health and wellbeing. Check our full post on Instagram here 👉🏽 bit.ly/3Foq1Cp to find out more!