Weighing machine

Amrit Singh, Bau Road

In light of the growing concern about diabetes in our country, I urge the relevant authorities to install weighing machines at parks such as the My Suva Park.

The weight balance should also determine the amount of fat the body has. The problem in our country is that some citizens do not even know their weight. Trust me, hardly anyone owns a bathroom scale. We munch on so many calories, yet we fail to neither measure our height or our weigh to find out our BMI (body mass index).

If more weighing machines are installed around parks which are highly resistance to mechanical hinderance, it will be worth it.

People will be able to know their weight and they will understand the importance of their body weight.

If you have a BMI in the green zone according to your height, than you will be out of danger from many non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

It's high time that citizens of this country need to have their body weight checked.

Some people hardly check their body weight, some even in the past five to six years.

And that is the sign that it is too late, because by then you would have become pre-diabetic or have enlarged your heart. I hope that Government installs weighing machines in major parks around the country. Putting 20 cents fee per checkup is an ideal charge.

I know people will not say 20cents is a lot to know your body weight.