Burlingame, CA (2014)– Weight-related bullying is widespread and devastating according to women who participated in the most recent SheByShe™ opinion survey, “Women’s Weight and Body Image Concerns.” Over half, 52 percent, of those women participating in the survey said they have been the victim of weight-related bullying at least once in their lives. Most of the
bullying was related to being overweight, although nearly 25 percent said incidents happened because they were underweight. Much of the bullying occurred while these women were children or teenagers and the bullies were most commonly other children, teenagers or family members. According to the women, the bullying left life-long scars with several women citing low self-esteem and
bullying was related to being overweight, although nearly 25 percent said incidents happened because they were underweight. Much of the bullying occurred while these women were children or teenagers and the bullies were most commonly other children, teenagers or family members. According to the women, the bullying left life-long scars with several women citing low self-esteem and