College Dumps the Scale to Promote Body Positivity

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Carleton University in Ottawa has sparked a heated online debate through the fitness center’s decision to remove the scale from the campus gym. In place of a scale, students found a sign encouraging them to focus on wellness rather than weight.

Carleton Athletics’ manager of health and wellness Bruce Marshall said in an email to the Charlatan, “We don’t believe being fixated on weight has any positive effect on your health and well-being.” Instead, Marshall offered a myriad of other measurements that might be more indicative of good health, such as girth, heart rate, cardio time or distance and increase in weight lifted, as well as generally how the body feels.

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