孩子從9歲起就會歧視胖子了!

Young children can have unconscious prejudice towards their overweight peers, which leads these chubby kids to gain even more weight, a study claims.
一項研究稱，兒童會對超重的同齡人產生無意識的偏見，從而導致這些胖孩子體重進一步增加。

Duke University researchers found that children as young as nine years old can have a bias against fatter children, using their weight to determine if they are 'bad' or 'good'.
來自杜克大學的研究人員發現，9歲的孩子就會對肥胖的孩子產生偏見，用他們的體重來判斷他們是“好人”還是“壞人”。

The new study found there was an overall five percent negative bias towards overweight children.
這項新研究發現，對超重孩子總體上有5%的負面偏見。

The study was published in the journal Pediatrics and included 114 children to make these findings.
該項研究被刊載在《兒科》期刊上，共對114名兒童進行了調查。

Experts noted that children who were shown pictures of chubbier kids were more likely to determine them as 'bad'. Researchers said these children may not even realize their bias.
專家指出，當向孩子們展示肥胖兒童的照片時，他們更傾向於認爲照片中的人是“壞人”。研究人員稱，這些孩子可能甚至都沒有意識到自己的偏見。

Dr Asheley Skinner, an associate professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, said: 'When children are stigmatized for being overweight, it can cause further weight gain and other health consequences.'
杜克大學醫學院醫學副教授阿什利·斯金納表示：“當孩子們因爲超重而揹負罵名的時候，他們的體重可能會進一步增加、並患上其他健康問題。”

'Fat-shaming' – insulting or bullying children because of their weight is causing obese children to be treated a social outcasts, researchers claimed.
研究人員稱，“肥胖羞辱”--即因爲兒童肥胖就侮辱或者欺凌他們，會導致這些孩子被當作社會遺棄者。