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Associations of Weight-Based Teasing and Emotional Well-being Among Adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 2003 · Vol. 157(8) · pp. 733–733

Abstract

Physicians and other health care providers should recognize the importance of weight-based teasing for young patients. Policy, programs, and education should focus on increasing awareness of what constitutes weight-based teasing, its potentially harmful effects on adolescents' emotional well-being, and reduction of this behavior.

Humor Studies and ApplicationsMedia Influence and HealthEating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychosocialSuicidal ideationPsychologyYouth Risk Behavior SurveyAdolescent healthPoison controlClinical psychologySuicide preventionInjury preventionEthnic group

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AdolescentAgonistic BehaviorBody ImageDepressionFamily RelationsFemaleHumansMaleObesityPeer GroupSurveys and QuestionnairesSelf ConceptSex FactorsSuicide, AttemptedMultivariate Analysis
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