Relationships between Weight Status and Bullying Victimization among School-aged Adolescents in Guangdong Province of China

作     者：QIAO-ZHI GUO, WEN-JUN MA, SHAO-PING NIE, YAN-JUN XU, HAO-FENG XU, AND YU-RUN ZHANG Department of Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510300, Guangdong, China 

作者机构：Department of Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Guangzhou 510300 Guangdong China 

出 版 物：《Biomedical and Environmental Sciences》 (生物医学与环境科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第23卷第2期

页      面：108-112页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100404[医学-儿少卫生与妇幼保健学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：funded by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention 

主　　题：Body mass index Adolescents Victimization 

摘      要：Objective To examine relationships between weight status and different forms of bullying victimization among adolescents aged 11-18 years. Methods The relationships between weight status and bullying victimization （physical, verbal, and relational） were examined utilizing data from the Guangdong Provincial Youth Health Behavior Survey. Data on height, weight, and victimization behaviors were collected by self-reporting from 12 439 subjects, Х^2 test and logistic regression were used to analyze relationships between weight and bullying victimization. Results The incidence of victimization for adolescents aged 11-18 years was 8.6%, with higher rates for boys （12.4%） than for girls （4.7%）. For children with normal, overweight and obese body mass index （BMI）, the incidence rates of victimization were 8,2%, 17.3%, and 11.5%, respectively. Compared to normal weight, overweight was a risk factor for bullying victimization（OR=1.60, 95% CI： 1.18-2.17）, and it also increased children＇s risk of being teased in a hurtful way （OR=2.13, 95% CI： 1.41-3.24） and being made fun of due to physical appearance （OR=3.58, 95% CI： 2.27-5.67）. Obesity only increased the risk for children of being made tim of due to physical appearance （OR=2.45, 95% CI： 1.44-4.15）. Conclusions The victimization for children at school is common in Guangdong province, China. Overweight and obese children are more likely to be victims of bullying behaviors, especially verbal victimization.