3rd POST

Obesity is a factor in bulling that makes obese kids feel afraid and for being more bullied than other kids.
Obesity is a big problem that is now involved with another problem: bullying.
The kids that are bullies use a lot of factors to bully other kids. The factor that is most commonly used is obesity. So for that reason the weight is a factor that increases the bulling.

The Bulling
Bullying always will be a problem if it is not stopped. In school all authorities need to pay attention in order to stop it. Parents need to pay attention to detect changes in their kids.
“Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.”
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Reasons for bullying
There are a lot of things that the bullies use for bulling others, such as appearance, and social status. They bully the ones they think are different.
Children with obesity are bullied more than other kids
Obese kids are bullied more than other kids because they have the obesity as a problem, and the others kid use that factor to be rude with those kids.
Obese kids miss classes more than other kids. They tend to be more depressed because of the obesity. Obese kids tend to have lower grades because they often suffer from poor nutrition. Nutrition has an effect on learning potential.
“If you were obese, you were more likely to be bullied, no matter what. A study included 821 boys and girls from a nationally representative sample of children selected from 10 sites around the United States. Bullying behaviors were assessed in third, fifth and sixth grades. The principal reason of bullying on those grades was bullying even that most of the students were had an overweight.” http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html

“Obese children were almost twice as likely to be bullied as normal-weight children, regardless of other demographic, social, and academic factors, a multicenter study found.”
“But children may be bullied for many reasons, and whether obese children are targeted because of their weight or because of other confounding factors had not previously been determined.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/Obesity/19852

Being Bullied According to Various Risk Factors
The table shows that the obese kids are more bullied than other kids.

(a survey out of 10 students of Mexico and 10 of U.S.A that were asked the major reasons of bullying)
Type of bullying
Mexico
U.S.A.
Overweight
5
6
Religion
1
1
Economic status
2
2
Others
2
1


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721233

This means that half of the students asked in Mexico know that obesity is the principal reason of bullying in schools because Mexico has a problem with nutrition and programs at schools.


Obesity is not only a problem in Mexico; it is a problem that affects the entire world. Obesity always will be used by kids for bullying.
Obesity is predictive of bullying involvement for both boys and girls. Preadolescent obese boys and girls are more likely to be victims of bullying because they are different in appearance.