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Citation

van Geel M, Vedder P, Tanilon J. Int. J. Obes. (NPG) 2014; 38(10): 1263-1267.

Affiliation

Hotelschool the Hague, Department of Hospitality Research.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, International Association for the Study of Obesity, Publisher Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/ijo.2014.117

PMID

25002148

Abstract

Research suggests that overweight and obese youth are stigmatized in contemporary society, and are more likely than normal weight youth to become the victims of bullying. In the current study meta-analyses were performed to analyze to what extent overweight and obese youths are more likely than normal weight youths to be the victims of bullying. The databases Psychinfo, ERIC and Medline were searched for relevant articles. Retrieved articles were scanned to find further articles. Language was not used as an exclusion criterion. A total of 14 articles (N=55,231) were included in a meta-analysis on bullying and overweight youths, and a total of 16 articles (N=60,036) were included in a meta-analysis on bullying and obese youths. The results suggested that both overweight and obese youths were more likely to be victims of bullying. The results were not moderated by gender, overweight and obese boys and girls were equally likely to be victimized.

RESULTS remained significant after adjustment for publication bias. Both overweight and obesity are risk factors for being a victim of bullying.International Journal of Obesity accepted article preview online, 08 July 2014; doi:10.1038/ijo.2014.117.


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