TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Improving anti-bullying laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based victimization: parental support for action
JO  - Pediatric obesity
A1  - Puhl, R. M.
A1  - Suh, Y.
A1  - Li, X.
SP  - e14
EP  - e19
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2047-6302
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12129
ID  - ref1
ER  -