“Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.”- Anonymous

Many people suffer constantly because they are self conscious about their weight. Some people have a eating disorder and can’t control it and other were born with that genetic. It is not their fault for way they were born or infected with. Therefore, school can be a problem for children and teens because bullying comes to action.

This topic is one stereotype that is well known and has been around for years. This topic is controversial because it happens constantly and more than we think and currently not everyone pays attention to that problem. Jhoan talks about in his website how,” Bullying has become an epidemic. Many children are victims of sexual bullying and cyber bullying, and overweight children are especially targeted. The problem is finally getting the attention it deserves.

Another website that we have researched is CNN states that,”Children in Grades 3 through 6 who are obese are more likely to be bullied than their normal-weight peers,  a new study has found.” The victims could be anyone in school that are overweight. People think that it can just affect the victims but it can also affect their family members. One of the reason why is because a family member could try to help but the victim might reject the help. The perpetrators could honestly be anyone in school or even at home. In the United states, it estimates that about 93 million Americans are affected by obesity and 112,000 deaths are attributable by obesity, according to the OAC organization.

One of the things that it causes is It makes them feel less self-esteem and cause suicidal thoughts and depression. Some effects that happen are that they will get bullied, get into therapy, have consequences with self esteem ,they could be long term. Bullying tends to happen most often in and around schools, especially where there is no adult supervision according to ahealth.com.

We propose to raise awareness by having a presentation awareness in public schools and talks, to make a change. We want to find statistics of school bullying and present it to schools. Also, have meetings with parents, students, teachers at school stating facts and what we can show that we need to get together to help make a change and stop bullying.