What has struck me is that often the female serial bully is fat, and chooses a slim female target on to whom to project her self-loathing. Envy is a strong motivator for bullies. Even if you start a weight loss program, the bully will simply change the excuse. Each reason is specious. The target of bullying suffers injury to health and their diet is affected.
Most targets lose their appetite and thus lose weight.
A few people react by overeating and thus gain weight. For most people the weight loss or weight gain is temporary, but for a few, the loss or gain is permanent. The trauma from those years of childhood bullying remains to blight their adult life. Bully OnLine is a gold mine of insight and information on bullying which identifies the different types of harassment and bullying, and exposes the principal perpetrator, the serial bully. To find out what you can do about bullying, click Action to tackle bullying .