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Bullying Victimization Among Underweight and Overweight US Youth: Differential Associations for Boys and Girls

Journal

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 99-101

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.007

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Victimization; Body weight; Gender difference; Youth

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  1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  2. Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration

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To examine the associations between body weight and physical, verbal, relational, and cyber victimization among U. S. boys and girls in grade 6 through 10. Underweight boys and girls were more likely to be physical and relational victims, respectively. Overweight boys and obese girls were more likely to be verbal victims. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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