Quick, V. M., McWilliams, R., & Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013). Fatty, Fatty, Two-by-Four: Weight-Teasing 
         History and Disturbed Eating in Young Adult Women. American Journal of Public Health, 103(3), 508–
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This study was done at three large universities and investigates the long-term effects of teasing for being overweight. The subjects are young women ages 18-26. The authors gathered data from the women about their weight growing up and how often they were teased. The results showed that the women who were teased for their weight were more likely to have an eating disorder. This study is a good resource to show the effects of childhood teasing and the development of eating disorders. Virginia Quick has a PhD from Rutgers and is the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics. Rita McWilliams is at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute.