It’s no surprise that kids nowadays are constantly being bullied. It isn’t even a bigger surprise that obese kids get more bullied than other regular-weighed kids. In fact, a new study is claiming this exact phenomenon.

In the journal Pediatrics, experts are saying that from grade 3 to grade 6, obese kids are being bullied more than thinner kids—regardless of gender, race, social skills or academic achievement. This study involved 821 boys and girls with 17 percent of third-graders being obese and 15 percent being branded as overweight.

The study’s results showed that 45 percent of kids are being bullied but obese kids have 63-percent higher risk of being bullied as compared with other healthy weight students.

This only shows that responsible parenthood is very much needed; meaning to say, parents should watch very closely the eating habits and lifestyles of their kids.