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Lumeng is also concerned about the “pervasive view” that obesity is all about a lack of self-control with food and not getting enough exercise.

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Other studies show that obese children who are bullied experience more depression, anxiety and loneliness than their peers, Lumeng says.

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This finding is “so disturbing to me,” Dr. Julie C. Lumeng from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who led the study, told Reuters Health.

Study Shows Obese Kids Are More Apt to be Bullied | Impact Lab 2010

But no matter how we ran and re-ran the analysis, the link between being obese and being bullied remained, Lumeng said.

Study Shows Obese Kids Are More Apt to be Bullied | Impact Lab 2010

“There is no simple solution to the problem,” Lumeng told Reuters Health.

Study Shows Obese Kids Are More Apt to be Bullied | Impact Lab 2010

"This study speaks to the deep prejudice against children who are obese," says lead author Julie Lumeng, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan.

Chubby kids get bullied more often 2010

“Parents of obese children rate bullying as their top health concern,” Lumeng and her colleagues note in their report, and obese children who are bullied suffer more depression, anxiety and loneliness.

Study Shows Obese Kids Are More Apt to be Bullied | Impact Lab 2010

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Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

Lumeng, and T. K. Li, Intragastric self-infusion of ethanol by ethanol-preferring and non-preferring rats, Science 225 1984: 78-80.

Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991