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To assess the prevalence of bullying behaviors and morbidities, including overweight/obesity and frequent physical and emotional symptoms, and the associations between such morbidities and frequent involvement in bullying behaviors among US adolescents in grades 6 through 10. ## Design, setting, and participants: This study was based on an analysis of us data from the 1998 world health organization health behavior in school-aged children survey. the survey provides nationally representative, cross-sectional survey information on 15,686 us students in grades 6 through 10. ## Outcome measures: Involvement in bullying as a victim and/or as a bully; body mass index; and self-reported headaches, stomachaches, backaches, dizziness, irritability, "feeling low", "feeling nervous", and sleeping difficulties. ## Results: Fifteen per cent of the students were involved in bullying others and/or were victims of bullies at least once a week. the bullying activities took place both at school and elsewhere. students who suffered from at least one or more frequent physical or emotional symtom, occuring several times a week, were at 2.4 to 3.5 times more likely to be involved in frequent bullying in

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Author

Jorge C Srabstein; Robert J McCarter; Cheng Shao; Zhihuan J Huang

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)