Study links teenage obesity to bullying

OVERWEIGHT adolescents are more likely to be victims of bullying — or become bullies — a study revealed yesterday.

The results, published in Pediatrics magazine, bolster evidence that being fat endangers emotional as well as physical health.

The study of 5,749 Canadian youngsters echoes British research and follows a US study published last year in which obese children rated their quality of life as low as young cancer patients' because of teasing and health problems.