{"id":89987,"date":"2026-05-30T22:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89987"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:51:44","slug":"new-bullying-trend-emerging-in-school-cafeterias-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/30\/new-bullying-trend-emerging-in-school-cafeterias-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"New bullying trend emerging in school cafeterias, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA24rMR6.img?w=768&h=512&m=6\" alt=\"Phone bans are being rolled out in more American schools and have reportedly eased the problem somewhat, though students and experts say some bullying just shifts to other methods (AFP via Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students across the country are increasingly facing a form of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/bullying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">bullying<\/a>\u00a0known as \u201clunch\u00a0<a title=\"\u2018We shouldn\u2019t have to feel shame\u2019: What it\u2019s really like to waive your anonymity as a rape victim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/waive-anonymity-rape-gisele-pelicot-effect-b2985864.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">shaming<\/a>,\u201d where classmates secretly photograph them while eating and share the images online, mental health experts warned.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/new-bullying-trend-emerging-in-school-cafeterias-experts-warn\/ar-AA24rUsv?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a1b66d29c7c42638b93cb23fbcb5192&ei=31\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Students across the country are increasingly facing a form of\u00a0bullying\u00a0known as \u201clunch\u00a0shaming,\u201d where classmates secretly photograph them while eating and share the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Social-Media-challenges.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89988,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89987\/revisions\/89988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}