“How to help daughter who was bullied for being overweight?”

Great question. I did a lot of research on Bullying with kids.
First, It’s good that you know.
1) Adress it with the school.
2) If she has a group of friends that stick together, bullying can stop if all her friends tell the Bullier to Stop.
3) Bullying can happening in many locations, school, school bus and bathrooms. So find out more details, and get her therapy and support.

Hope that helps, Thank you for the question.

-Talk to her about what is going on and do some problem solving.
-Identify the things she wants to work on. Feeling better - help her develop friendships.
-Help her develop her self esteem - identify her interests and help her find ways to explore them.
-Help her report to the teacher or administration any reportable behavior and alert them.
-Help her develop and maintain a healthy diet and develop some physical activities.
-Counseling. To work on these things is sometimes helpful
-Most of all, be there to listen, support, and comfort and help problem solve.

Thank you for your question on FADT. So, bullying is a widespread problem. Typically the things we can do to help the student includes: encourage the student to spend most if not all of their time around friends in the school environment so that any one who plans to bully her finds a little more difficult to do; have the student let the bully know that the student does not appreciate that kind of behavior; have the student tell the teacher; have the parent tell the teacher; have an educational advocate tell the school on behalf of the student; in some cases maybe of severe situation, the family can hire a lawyer (there are typically pro bono lawyers available within each county); join anti-bully groups, which are comprised of a number of families of the same district. At home, parents can help the child be more confident for exactly who they are, and this is achieved by emotional support, socializing with supportive friends, maybe therapy in some cases. I hope this helps. Thank you, Dr. Dodd MD

Working on developing her self esteem and looking at her strengths; not focusing on physical appearance but character and abilities. Positive self talk, use of affirmations. Develop (with her) a move to a healthy lifestyle (don't focus on losing weight or calories) which includes healthy real foods (not processed and avoiding high carbohydrates), at least 8 hours of sleep nightly, regular daily movement (in a form she enjoys) and stress management. If she does not respond, she should see a therapist.

You should help her to understand we are all different, but we all have something to be proud of as well.