September 9, 2011

Obesity and Bullying in School-Age Children

9News

Pediatric Psychologist, Dr. Richard Boles, from Children's Hospital Colorado comments on what you need to know about obesity and bullying happening in schools today.

"Being teased and bullied about weight has been around for a long time," Dr. Boles said. "What's surprising is, you would think perhaps with the increase of obesity for kids and for teens that maybe it would go down because more of them look like the kids they are teasing. In fact, that's not the case."

Read more about this issue in this 9News article.

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