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Rhee, Kyung. “Childhood Overweight and the Relationship between Parent Behaviors, Parenting Style, and Family Functioning”. The American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 12 (2008). Print.
This article discusses the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and how a family functions with respect to the development of a childhood overweight. Parents can influence a child's weight through specific feeding and activity practices and also through their parenting style and family functions. Understanding the impact of specific parent behaviors within the context of parenting style and family functioning is very important for children’s health. This article is helpful to me because it shows the relationships between the parental behaviors, and practices and how they influence the child.

Murphy, Maureen.“Parental Perceptions of the Schools' Role in Addressing Childhood Obesity”. Journal of School Nursing Allen Press Publishing Services. (2007):40-46. Print.

This article is about the schools that struggle with their role in the children obesity epidemic. In this article there is a survey taken of school-aged children’s parents about their perceptions of childhood obesity, body mass index and the school’s role in prevention and treatment of obesity. More than half of the parents identified poor eating behavior and parental control. Parents also support eliminating junk food vending machines in the school, and offering low calorie meals. This article can be important to my research because it deals with the parents’ perceptions of their children, and how they can change the face of foods served in schools.

Luce- Demory, Debby. “Fast Food and Children and Adolescents: Implications for Practitioners”. Clinical Pediatrics Volume 44. (2005): 279. Print.
This article talks about how the consumption of fast food affects children and adolescents. The nutritional content of fast food is very poor and unhealthy. This article also talks about healthier choices that fast food companies have to offer children and alternatives to typical “junk food” of hamburger and fries. This article is very important to my research by pointing out the effects that fast food has on children and how it positively correlates to childhood obesity.


Jalonick, Mary Clare. “Childhood Obesity Still Rising andParents don’t see it.” The Seattle Times 29 June 2010. Web 10 October 2010.
This article is about an obesity report shows that an increasing awareness of obesity and its threat to public health. It talks about how it has not become apparent to adults with children that they are threatened. Nearly 84 percent of parents believe their children are at a healthy weight. This report talks about the rise of adult obesity and how it translates to their children. This article will be helpful to me because it does talk about the lack of parental awareness in children, and how this can lead to obesity.