Kerr DCR, et al. – Clinicians investigated whether being teased in childhood predicted higher body mass index (BMI) and increased odds of obesity in early adulthood in a community sample of American males. In context of the findings, peer victimization has been correlated with immediate and long–term maladjustment outcomes that are in some cases life threatening. Nevertheless, the null outcomes do not support that peer victimization significantly increases long–term risk for obesity, and findings are consistent with two other long–term prospective studies of this issue.