Authors Zieve and Kaneshiro discuss the rise in obesity as well as define some causes and provide suggestions of what to watch out for and how to help prevent overweight children. They encourage talking to a doctor, being supportive, not using food as a punishment or a reward, teaching healthy eating habits, etc. This article is very useful for my current research because it not only gives a brief history, causes, and prevention steps to childhood obesity, it also has a clear medical focus on the aspects of childhood obesity which is needed for formulating a good argument. The Authors are both Medical Directors which gives this article great credibility.
"Caloric Intake." ENotes: Encyclopedia of Food & Culture. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2010.
“Caloric Intake” provides information on what a calorie is, specific calories in a variety of foods, as well as the number of calories every male and female should get at specific ages. Also provided is material on weight control and energy balance based on the intake of calories. The relevance of this article to my current research will be very helpful in providing some insight about what children’s bodies actually need verses how much and what their consuming that is causing them to gain weight.
Bennett, David S. “Early Child Neglect: Does It Predict Obesity or Underweight in Later Childhood?” Child Maltreat 2010 15: 250
This article was found by searching “childhood obesity” under the category of “Social Sciences.” Bennett argues that neglect does significantly lower the BMIs of children but only at the ages of eight and nine; He gains his insight from studying the results of his experiment relating BMIs and neglected children. The experiment uses 185 children at different ages. This article is relevant to my research on childhood obesity but is more specific in a sociology aspect by studying the specific cause of childhood neglect.
Batterink, Laura, Yokum, Sonja, and Stice, Eric. “Body mass correlates inversely with inhibitory control in response to food among adolescent girls: An fMRI study.” NeuroImage. Vol 52(4), Oct 1, 2010. 1696-1703.
This article was found by searching “childhood obesity” under the specific genre of “Health Sciences” for journal articles. The authors argue that impulsivity may contribute to the development and maintenance of obesity. Neuroimaging studies connect a widespread neural network in inhibitory control and suggest that impulsive individuals show hypoactivity in these regions during tasks requiring response inhibition; yet, research has not directly tested whether this correlates to BMI. This article is relevant to my research on childhood obesity and provides a medical reason that may be linked to overweight girls. The credibility of this article
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