IEU's Amanda Hughes was first author on a new paper exploring how school policies tackle weight-based bullying.
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Study reveals schools failing to address most common form of bullying: Weight-based victimisation
2 June 2025
A concerning gap in school anti-bullying policies has been revealed in a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded study at the University of Bristol and University of Bath. While weight-based bullying is reportedly the most common form experienced by students, fewer than 7% of schools in southwest England explicitly address it in their anti-bullying policies according to the study published in BMC Public Health.