2016年2月24日星期三

Prompt #9

I began to find some sources about my topic which is fast food and obesity by using google scholar. Firstly, I wanted to find the facts of childhood obesity, then I just googling it and find a good article which is “ Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States ”. Moreover, I also wanted to find some books about my topic so I found some online books by searching in truman library.   

Cunningham, Solveig A., Michael R. Kramer, and KM Venkat Narayan. "Incidence of childhood obesity in the United States." New England Journal of Medicine 370.5 (2014): 403-411.

The article shows childhood obesity facts. It reports the the incidence of obesity and the data is from a large, nationally representative longitudinal study of children who were 5 to 14 years old.

Glickman, Dan, and Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press, 2012;2011;. Web.
The book tells obesity is a major health problem in the United States and we need to work together to solve the problem.


Cartere, Jason Y. TV, Food Marketing And Childhood Obesity. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2009. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 24 Feb. 2016.

The book tells the television advertising increases the rise of childhood obesity rates and expose the effect of advertising to children by using a comprehensive analysis.

1 条评论:

  1. Obesity is one of many serious problem that Americans are facing now. I like your topic and the way you raise argument.

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