If you are being bullied about your weight, you may be tempted to try to lose weight to make the bullying stop. But it is important to remember that unhealthy eating habits are dangerous and can be very harmful to your health. Anytime you try to lose weight too quickly, you can often gain the weight back and develop a cycle of unhealthy eating. Here are some tips for healthy things you can do to feel better about yourself and your body.
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You may not be surprised to learn that many children and adolescents with high body weight are teased and made fun of by peers at school and through social media. This has damaging effects on children’s emotional and physical well-being. But, did you know that parents can also be a source of weight bias? In addition, weight-based comments from parents may have lasting impacts on children. Here are some quotes from adults reflecting on their experiences of weight bias.
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This handout provides tips to combat weight bias, including challenging your personal assumptions about body weight, communicating with sensitive language, and increasing your understanding about the causes of weight gain.
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Using the guidelines in this handout can improve patient care in your office. Review these guidelines with your medical and administrative staff to create a comfortable and welcoming office environment for patients with higher body weight
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When going to the doctor, many patients feel anxious and often leave their appointment with unanswered questions. As a patient, you need to know what your health issues are, what your choices for treatment are, and why you might choose one option over another. It is very important to ask direct questions to your doctor to help you decide what decisions are best for you. Remember that your relationship with your doctor should be a partnership, where you work as a team to make the most appropriate decisions for your health.This handout provides strategies to help prepare you for your doctor’s appointment, so that you can obtain the information that you need, and so that you can take control of your health care.
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Children with high body weight are vulnerable to weight bias. This means that they may be the target of negative attitudes in the form of stereotypes, prejudice and unfair treatment because of their weight. Weight bias can be expressed in different ways, such as verbal
comments, physical aggression, and social exclusion. This handout helps parents identify if their child is being targeted and how to help.
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Full citation: Lessard LM, Puhl RM, Watson RJ. Gay-Straight Alliances: A Mechanism of Health Risk Reduction Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Adolescents. Am J Prev Med. 2020;59(2):196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.02.020
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Rebecca Puhl
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New York’s Creating Healthy Schools and Communities (CHSC) program is an initiative to increase access to healthy, affordable foods, and opportunities for physical activity in some of the state’s high-need school districts. As part of the program, schools worked with district-level officials to assess their written wellness policies using the WellSAT, an online written wellness policy assessment measure.
Study findings indicated that schools within districts with strong policies were nearly twice as likely to implement overall wellness practices compared to schools in districts with weak policies or no policies at all.
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Full citation: Boehm R, Schwartz MB, Lowenfels A, Brissette I, Pattison MJ, Ren J. The Relationship between Written District Policies and School Practices among High-Need Districts in New York State. J Sch Health. 2020;90(6):465-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12896
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Full citation: Asada Y, Turner L, Schwartz M, Chriqui JF. “Bridging, brokering, and buffering”: a theoretical exploration of school leaders’ engagement with local school wellness policy implementation. Implementation Science Communications. 2020;1:44. Published 2020 May 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00029-1