Celebrities are backing ‘I WEIGH’ MOVEMENT: ‘YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN A NUMBER’

Celebrities are backing ‘I WEIGH’ MOVEMENT: ‘YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN A NUMBER’ Jameela Jamil’s “I Weigh” movement has attracted more support from an array of celebrities including Kristen Bell and Emmy Rossum who shared photos of themselves with captions explaining the attributes that they value the most about themselves. Numerous people have been participating also in the social media movement, including a variety of familiar names.

In February this year, actress and television presenter Jameela Jamil decided to ask her followers what they really “weigh” after condemning an Instagram account for comparing the weights of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. The “I Weigh” Instagram account, has since garnered 100,000 followers.

The idea was to shift the focus away from an individual’s actual body weight by concentrating instead on the more significant aspects of their lives. Jamil said: “Standards that are airbrushed, surgically enhanced and starved and relentlessly trained for by those perpetuating this dangerous stereotype.”

In May actor Kristen Bell, expressed her pride in her passion for equality, having a partner who encourages her to be open-minded, her desire to give to others and the scar on her stomach that reminds her of her pregnancies.