Heck we cant even all agree to get covid shots so there would be no way that we would all follow along with a program like this

I don’t agree with weighing the kids at school and then separating them from the rest of the class for being overweight. It wouldn’t work here so hopefully they don’t try to bring it in

Look, it may seem extreme but families where children are obese are toxic environments. They are that way usually because parents are obese and preparing unhealthy foods and not encouraging exercise. At least a fat camp may teach children how to eat healthy and exercise. I can say this because I grew up fat and came from a fat family and have only learned later how to live healthy.

As the expert stated Singapore is very different to Australia and it would never work here

I never knew this about Singapore, and no can’t see it happening here, just reduce processed foods and increase wholefoods.

I’m sure there is a much nicer way to learn how not to be obese than this.

Absolutely ludicrous. Only a parent should authorise what happens to their child, where they go etc.

WOW! This is not okay and could absolutely trigger body image issues. I know. I was one of those children. And what about those kids who are chubby in primary school but then shoot up and slim out during puberty? What are you doing to those bodies? There is so much wrong with this it has given me anxiety and made me remember the school year when I was weighed and my weight was overhead by the entire class. It has stayed with me to this day.

Nobody (other then the parents and the child themselves) has the right to decide to put our kids on such program !

Oh wow. This is becoming insane

That is uncalled for, no school anywhere should have the right to implement this crap.

This is so wrong. Kids have enough problems at school being bullied. It would be far worse if they had to weigh in front of their peers and then taken aside to do different exercises. They could become depressed and suicidal. I think it’s a terrible idea and hope it doesn’t get implemented into our schools.

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  • • mom94898 replied
    • 14 Aug 2019 , 11:10 pm

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  Totally agree with you ????

I don’t think that kids should be made a spectacle of in front of their peers, but something does need to be done. I know that there are a lot of overweight kids in my daughter’s school- I notice them when I pick her up each day and it’s really sad because it is so easy to prevent. It’s sad that it is coming to this, parents should be responsible for keeping their kids healthy. Maybe if we started implementing something like this it might force parents to play a more active role. If they thought that this was going to start happening, surely they would start applying a healthier diet for the whole family. I was a fat kid myself and it ruined my childhood. I couldn’t be a kid as much because I couldn’t be as active as my friends. I’m now a very fit adult and I encourage my kids to exercise each morning before school by taking them for a walk and playing chasies. I also prepare healthy meals at least five days a week.

I would simply remove my child from that school. I remember being fat shamed in Grade 6. I was horrified when we were all weighed in class and our weights discussed. I actually had no idea what my weight was, or what it meant, until I was put through this. It stayed with me for a very long time.

Where are human rights in this decision – would be interesting to know about the human rights in Singapore.

Are the schools going to arrange full medical assessments before jumping to the conclusion that it is caused by diet. – and no gap costs for the parents. I know of one who was very skinny until he had surgery on his knee. Even though he went on a special weight loss diet, exercised as much as he could, was then put in hospital on a strict supervised diet he never managed to lose weight. As his family live in the outback he didn’t have any visitors and never left his room on his own. Initially until all the tests were done they thought he had a thyroid problem. When he started work he only had salads, often without any dressing or occasionally at lunch time he would decide to add a little low fat sugar free dressing to it. He sometimes had his tea at work and had the same then. on night shift he had fresh fruit for breakfast. He had lists of good and not so good fruits to eat. Some contain more fructose (fruit sugar) than others. Sadly he developed ulcers on his legs and feet and died as a result of them not healing with lengthy hospital treatment.

I’m ok with sports and fitness at school. When I was young our fitness was also measured, showing on our reports. But interference from school and government about our kids weight and diet is totally crossing the line. I’ve a scale at home, but I don’t weight my kids regularly.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 16 Apr 2018 , 6:53 am

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  It does appear to be crossing the line and turning into the actions of a ‘nanny state’. It actually seems quite frightening to me to have such interference in personal lives.

if a child is overweight and there is no medical reason for it, start docking the parents centrelink money. money talks, look at all the anti vaxers who refused to have their kids vaccinated because it would apparently harm them but as soon as the govt stepped in and said they would be penalised, all of a sudden they didnt care about their child enough to protect them from whatever BS they sprouted off and money was way more important to them

This most likely has more to do with curbing future health problems and health costs.

Not nice at all that you are obliged to follow such a course. Despite the results. Individuals should have choice. Here they clearly don’t have them.