@article{ref1,
title="Improving anti-bullying laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based victimization: parental support for action",
journal="Pediatric obesity",
year="2016",
author="Puhl, R. M. and Suh, Y. and Li, X.",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="e14-e19",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Weight-based bullying is a prevalent problem among youth with overweight and obesity, but remains neglected in existing policy-level strategies to address youth bullying. Parental support is an influential catalyst motivating political will for policy decisions affecting youth, but has received limited research attention. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To assess levels of, and predictors of, parental support for school-based policies and state/federal legal measures to address weight-based bullying in 2014 and 2015. <br><br>METHODS: Identical online questionnaires were completed by two independent national samples of parents in 2014 and 2015 (N = 1804). <br><br>RESULTS: Parental support for all policy actions was high (at least 81%) and significantly increased from 2014 to 2015 for legal measures that would a) require state anti-bullying laws to add protections against weight-based bullying, and b) enact a federal anti-bullying law that includes weight-based bullying. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings can inform policy discourse about remedies for youth bullying, and suggest that parental support for improved legal protections against weight-based bullying is present, consistent, and strong.<br><br>© 2016 World Obesity. Pediatric Obesity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2047-6302",
doi="10.1111/ijpo.12129",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12129"
}