Posted on 07/13/2007 5:41:18 AM PDT by Calpernia
A new study finds overweight kids are stigmatized by other children at a very early age, and they may even face bias from their own caregivers.
Rebecca Puhl, a clinical psychologist at the Center for Food Policy and Obesity says overweight children may become vulnerable targets of weight bias as early as age 3, "so it can be verbal teasing, it can be physical aggression and social rejection, and this is not something that is happening just from peers -it's also happening from parents and teachers."
She says "kids who are overweight and who are teased or victimized because of their weight are more vulnerable to things like depression, low self-esteem, poor body image and even suicidal thoughts and behaviors."
Puhl adds some youngsters respond to this victimization by "actually engaging in unhealthy eating behaviors like binge eating, and avoiding physical activity."
She says the bottom line is that "we need school systems to treat weight bias with the legitimacy of other forms of bias that are addressed in schools already, like gender and racial bias."
>>>”we need school systems to treat weight bias with the legitimacy of other forms of bias that are addressed in schools already, like gender and racial bias.”
in loco parentis
....and how much was spent on this study???
I want a federal grant to determine whether red head kids are teased with the name “carrot top.”
And to see if kids with glasses are teased with the name “four eyes.”
I would love to know the disclosures of grant awards.
You should apply for a grant and conduct that study. Matter of fact, that would make a great freep. We should all come up with ‘studies’ and flood the grant application process.
7/11/2007 Poor Diets Show Increased Respiratory Symptoms In Teens
A recent study shows that teens who consume low levels of vitamins C and E, fruit, and omega-3 fatty acids were more likely to report coughing, respiratory infections, and other less severe asthma-related symptoms. Physicians say that a multivitamin can help children achieve their daily requirements for nutrients.
Alas... they’ll be fatally ‘speed-challenged’ when a drunken illegal takes to driving on the sidewalk.
They already forbid schools from giving students any food where the first ingredient is sugar.
Wow. Whatta genius. As a former rotund schoolboy, I can say with certainty that such dimensions make one the brunt of much verbal and, occasionally, physical abuse, which thickens the skin and develops fighting skills.
By high school, I was 6 ft. 225 lbs, with a 34 inch waist--and no one to trifle with, although I could take a joke as well as anyone. I didn't much tolerate bullies, either.
We need to go back to the old system of settling differences one on one, with supervision reserved for the bullies who get the upper hand. The traditional playground 'pecking order' at least taught the concepts of courage and respect.
Not only would I love to see the amounts of the grant awards for these studies; but how about the ‘expense reports’?
I was on the other side of the aisle on the weight issue. When my brothers and sisters wanted to taunt me (6 of them) they would call me Olive Oil Legs and Spider Monkey. Never bothered me that much. With 7 of us, you learned not to be over senitive about appearances.
The links in my post one are about the ‘Model School Nutrition Program’
I wonder what kind of cognitive dissonance will result when someone points out that they're enforcing the Commandments against sloth and gluttony.
The wide variation of physical (and mental) types is what keeps us humans interesting. (Makes great fodder for storyteling, too: i.e. Fat Albert and Wierd Harold).
What will the control freaks do when they have hammered and drugged everyone into the statistical definition of ‘normal’?
The logical thing to do would be to designate a Queen. The only successful examples of socialism I know of are ants and bees, and the fact that all of the members of the colony are identical clones is no coincidence.
Does that mean we'd have to grow cankles and thunder thighs, or just go to rehab for calling them that?
Not sure. Then there’s the problem of what to do about “badonkadonk butt”.
BS, we need to treat child obesity as another form of child abuse.
Yeah, but you can track that with siesmic sensors...
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