Weight-based victimization: Bullying experiences of weight loss treatment-seeking youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Peterson, Jamie Lee ^a   Luedicke, Joerg ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; Teasing; Weight bias; Weight stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBER BULLYING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OFFENDER; PARENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SPORT; TEACHER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WEIGHT BASED VICTIMIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84872864814     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1106     Document Type: Article

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