Goldfield Gary, Moore Ceri, Henderson Katherine, Buchholz Annick, Obeid Nicole, Flament Martine
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario.
Paediatr Child Health. 2010 May;15(5):283-8. doi: 10.1093/pch/15.5.283.
To determine the prevalence of weight-based teasing, and evaluate its association with depression, anxiety and unhealthy eating behaviour in a large sample of adolescents in the Ottawa (Ontario) area.
A total of 1491 adolescents from public and private middle schools and high schools in rural and urban areas of Ottawa responded confidentially to surveys.
More girls than boys reported that they experienced weight-based teasing (33% versus 18%). The prevalence of weight-based teasing by peers was significantly higher among overweight and obese youth than among normal weight youth (45% versus 22%). Teasing about body weight was consistently associated with anxiety, psychological distress and disordered eating, and these associations held for both boys and girls, and were independent of weight status.
Weight-based teasing is a common experience among Ottawa-area adolescents, especially among overweight girls, and was found to be associated with psychological morbidity. Effective interventions are needed to help victims cope with and prevent further weight-based teasing and its harmful psychological sequelae.
确定基于体重的取笑行为的发生率，并评估其与渥太华（安大略省）地区大量青少年的抑郁、焦虑和不健康饮食行为之间的关联。
来自渥太华农村和城市地区公立及私立初中和高中的1491名青少年对调查问卷进行了保密回复。
报告称经历过基于体重的取笑行为的女孩多于男孩（33%对18%）。超重和肥胖青少年中同龄人基于体重的取笑行为发生率显著高于正常体重青少年（45%对22%）。关于体重的取笑行为一直与焦虑、心理困扰和饮食失调相关，且这些关联在男孩和女孩中均成立，并且独立于体重状况。
基于体重的取笑行为在渥太华地区青少年中很常见，尤其是在超重女孩中，并且被发现与心理疾病有关。需要有效的干预措施来帮助受害者应对并防止进一步的基于体重的取笑行为及其有害的心理后遗症。
