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Wyatt Dilley

English Comp Two 9:30

Ambinder, Marc. Beating Obesity. The Atlantic, The Atlantic, May 2010, theatlantic.com. 19

Feb 2017.

This article talks about how we need to do something about this chronic illness. It talks also

about how obesity wears you down mentally. The author of this article used to be obese himself,

so he knows what it is like to be overweight. The source came out of an online magazine. The

most recent time this article was edited was May of 2010. This source is biased, even though it is

biased it really makes me want to go out of my way to help someone who is fighting obesity.

This source is a reliable source, and the way that it will benefit my paper is because this author

was obese at one point in his life. So, he knows how to fight the battle and win.

Chang, Debbie. Accelerating Efforts to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Spreading, Scaling, and

Sustaining Healthy Eating and Physical Activity. Health Affairs; Chevy Chase, 33, 12,

2014, 7. ProQuest, http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff. 2014. 0818. 16 Feb 2017

The article talks about how it addresses childhood obesity through policy and practice. This

group of people believe they found a system to help stop childhood obesity. Debbie Chang is a

senior vice president of policy and prevention and a corporate officer for Nemours Childrens

Health System. This source is a reliable source. It gives ideas about how people are trying to stop

childhood obesity. This article was last modified in 2014. I would not say this article is biased,

everyone knows something must be done about this issue. This source is very reliable. It is a .org
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website, and the author is a well-educated lady. Her ways of helping obese kids will for sure be

in my paper.

Eschmeyer, Debra. Lets Move Blog. Lets Move, January 4, 2017,

Letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov, 16 Feb 2017

This article is about Obamas plan of solving the problem of childhood obesity in one generation.

Obama planned on changing child nutrition policies to help the cause. Debra dedicated her career

to making safe healthy and delicious food available to all. This organization Lets Move is ran

by president Obamas wife. The site is a .org so the information on this site is true. The last

update to this article was January 4, 2017. I think this article is unbiased, all she is doing is trying

to help people fight against obesity. This source will benefit my paper. All the things she

implemented in to help will be talked about.

Fox, Maggie. Americas Obesity Epidemic Hits A New High. NBC News, June 7, 2016,

NBCNews.com. 19 Feb 2017

This article is talking about how America is getting fatter. The article has stats to prove America

is getting worse and worse. Maggie Fox is a senior health writer at NBC. The source is a very big

and well known news company. The last time this article has been touched was June 7th, 2016.

This source is biased because it is a news website. Other news websites might think differently.

This source is reliable I believe the statistics in this source will be valuable to this paper.
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Gonzalez, Michael. Obesity in America: A Growing Concern. Endocrineweb,

Endocrineweb.com, 19 Feb 2017

This man talks about how big the problem with obesity is, and the impact it has on society and

finances. Michael Gonzalez has a PhD in health. So, he knows exactly what he is talking about.

Endocrines website has a bunch of health disorders it talks about. It has many articles on other

disorders. This work does not seem to be biased. He talks about both sides of the argument. This

source is reliable and his work is very supportive on what I would like to say about this topic.

Lowell, Jonathan. The Food Industry and Its Impact Upon Increasing Global Obesity: a case

study. 106, 2/3, 238-248. ProQuest, www.okstate.edu.

This article is a case study that looks at the current crisis of obesity in the developed and

developing countries. The author believes it is the food industries fault. Jonathan Lowell

graduated from Florida State University. His major includes English and Journalism. This source

came from the ProQuest Data Base. It has no statistics and facts. The last time this source was up

dated was May of 2014. This author is biased, he believes the reason humans are overweight is

because the food industry. This is a really good source that I will use in my paper.
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Why Are Americans Obese? Public Health, Public Health, Publichealth.org, 19 Feb 2017.

This article explains how to know when someone is classified as overweight, or obese. The

article also explains and talks about how we dug this hole ourselves. There is no specific author

on this article but the site is a government ran website. The source is a .gov source, so the

material on this source is trustworthy. There is not a publication date on this source. The source

is biased based on the content in the article. I believe this source is reliable, I just feel like I

would need to know the author and publication date to do anything with the statistics.