WASHINGTON, DC — In a major win for body positivity, the Center for Disease Control released a new scale this week to help doctors inform slightly larger patients they’re doing great and definitely won’t die young from any sort of coronary episode.
“We call this the ‘You Go Girl’ scale,” CDC Spokesperson Dana Macgillis told reporters. “Now, no matter what the numbers might say a patient’s weight is, doctors can use our scale to inform them that they’re totally healthy and definitely won’t die young or anything…even if they’re, say, 200 pounds ‘overweight’, whatever that is…”
