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Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr M Augustyn
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Augustyn@bu.edu
Keywords: victimisation; bullying; obesity
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"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." [Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton]
Bullying as an international problem has been recognised in multiple studies over the last ten years. Almost 30% of teens in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both. In a recent US survey of students in grades 610, 13% reported bullying others, 11% reported being the target of bullies, and another 6% said they bullied others and were bullied themselves.1 In a study comparing rates of bullying between England and Germany, major differences were found in victimisation rates, with 24% of English pupils becoming victims every week compared with only 8% in Germany. In contrast, fewer boys in England engaged every week in bullying (2.54.5%) than German boys (7.5%), while no differences were found between girls.2 Few can argue
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