C5’s Jeremy Vine Show asked if pupils should be weighed post-lockdown – only 5 replies you need
Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine has been on Channel 5 for a while now, presenting the slot that used to be fronted by Matthew Wright.
We only mention this because the show had a question for its followers on Twitter.
Should schools weigh pupils to make sure they shift the pounds they've put on during the lockdown?
Health experts want two weigh-ins in September and then in the spring to keep kids on track. But could this just create a generation of calorie counters? #JeremyVine pic.twitter.com/ueY4K2v99u
— Jeremy Vine On 5 (@JeremyVineOn5) August 10, 2020
And we only mention that because it’s not often you see the internet speak as one quite so forcefully. But this was definitely one of those occasions.
https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1292882338188148736?s=20
Is giving children a complex about their weight which may lead to bullying from their peers, eating disorders and life long struggles with their bodies…a good idea? No. No it's bloody not. https://t.co/f4YCP9U22w
— Carrie Hope Fletcher (@CarrieHFletcher) August 10, 2020
Sure, if you want to give children A FUCKING EATING DISORDER. https://t.co/xJG406zqkt
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 10, 2020
no and this isn’t even a discussion. no discourse to be had. anyone who thinks this is a good idea can kindly go to hell https://t.co/VYVRNsKjNE
— faye (@fayekinley) August 10, 2020
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder https://t.co/gH2wXVqiyR
— Matty (@hatsandbackchat) August 10, 2020
To conclude …
Let’s stop hating kids for maybe two seconds and see how it goes https://t.co/kyDPRPwbF8
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) August 11, 2020
In one word.
— Matt Haig (@matthaig1) August 10, 2020
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Anti-vaxxers want Jeremy Vine sacked because of his ‘bias’ and he had the perfect response
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