Bullying increases overweight risk

People bullied in childhood have an increased risk of being overweight at age 18
18 November 2016
Presented by Liam Messin

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We've just come to the end of anti-bullying week and with 25,000 children using Childline's counselling sessions in 2015 to talk about bulling it clearly is still a problem for the UK. This problem appears to go beyond playground trauma with research published this week showing that bullied children are more likely to be overweight at age 18. The study's lead author, Jessie Baldwin, explained to Liam Messin what they did.

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