Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
I understand that getting weighed is voluntary.
I understand that no numbers will be visible.
And yet I wonder if those who are at the higher end will participate. There is so much shaming about being heavy that it could be tough to step on the scales. So will the study actually get a true range?
Yeah that’s a good point, they probably won’t get a representative sample because some people will have body image issues that make them shy about hopping on the scales in front of people - even if the number isn’t displayed. TBH it seems a weird way to get an idea of the average passenger’s weight - they could get anonymised aggregated data from Stats NZ or MoH classified by age / gender / etc. Surely that would be better quality data than 10,000 pax measured every 5 years.