Tuesday, May 5, 2009
14: Reflecting on what I learned
One useful thing I learned in this class was that there are many other search engines to choose from besides Google. There are not only other search engines but deep web, hidden, directories, and so on. These sites I never new about because I just used the one popular search engine. Another thing that will be useful for me in the future is to know how to check out a web site for credibility. In addition, I am glad for the experience of writing a long research paper. I now have confidence to tackle another one when it comes up and know that I can do it.
Monday, May 4, 2009
13: Reporting on the Application Project
For my application project I am going to write a journal entry to a friend about my efforts to get one of the children in my daycare to eat more fruits and vegetables. He will not eat any at all. I will write about what techniques I used and what the results were.
I am in the process of researching more ideas for different techniques to get him to at least try a new food. I have not had very much success and will begin sneaking in pureed veggies and fruits into the few foods he will eat in addition to offering them on his plate.
Most of what I write in the journal will be from real live experience so I need to start recording what I am doing in order to have a written record and therefore have more to write about in my journal.
I am in the process of researching more ideas for different techniques to get him to at least try a new food. I have not had very much success and will begin sneaking in pureed veggies and fruits into the few foods he will eat in addition to offering them on his plate.
Most of what I write in the journal will be from real live experience so I need to start recording what I am doing in order to have a written record and therefore have more to write about in my journal.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
11b: Planning your application project
My topic is on childhood obesity. Many times, parents are very concerned about their children around the age of 2-4 because at this time many become absolutely adamant about what they do not like to eat. Often, they will not eat much at all. Parents then panic so to speak, and give them anything at all; including foods high in fat and sugar just so their child will gain weight and eat more. This is a huge mistake. For my project, I will write in a journal to a friend what I will do as the child care provider, to encourage the picky eater to eat more nutritious foods and then write to her about the results of my efforts.
11a: Reporting on your progress
At this point in writing my research paper I am about half way through the first draft. In other words, it is slow going. Much time was spent on researching for my topic and other various assignments. Time spent on research paid off because I now have a lot of information. I need to finish writing the first draft, hopefully by the 17th, and then I will be able to start working on writing the second draft. I also need to find more graphics to place in my paper and possibly a few more relevant references. I have found that many of the works cited I originally listed are not going to be used.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
10b Brainstorming Ideas for the Application Project
1. Write a personal letter to a friend about my day shadowing a dietitian at a local nutrition program for low-income women, infants and children (WIC).
2. Write an article about a bill proposal to remove trans fats from all foods served in school.
3. Write an editorial expressing my opinion on how two states have removed junk foods from their schools and how it did not ruin them financially.
4. Write a journal entry on how I tried a new way to make a picky eater in my daycare eat a new food.
5. Write a journal entry on how I am progressing in helping a picky eater in my daycare eat new foods.
2. Write an article about a bill proposal to remove trans fats from all foods served in school.
3. Write an editorial expressing my opinion on how two states have removed junk foods from their schools and how it did not ruin them financially.
4. Write a journal entry on how I tried a new way to make a picky eater in my daycare eat a new food.
5. Write a journal entry on how I am progressing in helping a picky eater in my daycare eat new foods.
10a
interview with Professor
I interviewed a Professor in Community Nutrition at Metro State College two occasions on the telephone. The first one was on 3/18/09 and the second one was on 3/24/09. The interviews were approximately 50 minutes long.
Question – Concerning childhood obesity, is there a problem?
Prof. – Yes. Years ago, in a pediatric office, if a child had type II diabetes everyone would come to look at this case. Now, it is common to see children with type II diabetes. If an older person gets diabetes there are things they can do for him. They can delay the progression and with that, the consequences of the disease. If it begins with a child, they can delay the severe consequences, such as amputations, heart and blood vessel disease, nerve damage, kidney damage, eye damage and other serious consequences for perhaps 20 years but that puts the kid at 32 if he got it when he was 12!
In addition, the huge costs will ruin our country because the costs of chronic disease related to obesity are a tremendous cost to our country, not only in medical costs but in many other things in everyday life. One for example is airplane seats. It will cost a huge amount of money to fit larger seats on planes now because more people are too big to fit in them anymore. They’ll have to get larger hospital and long term care beds for bigger patients. These are just a few examples.
Question – What do you think is the cause of childhood obesity?
Prof. – The beverages we drink. Years ago you would get sent out of class for bringing even a bottle of water, now everyone has a drink on their desk. It’s not morally wrong to have a drink in class but this is just to show that we are always drinking something and it isn’t just plain water. It is flavored waters, energy drinks, soda, and different coffees, most of which are high in calories.
He said portion sizes, lack of exercise, and availability of fast foods on every corner and in schools are equally to blame.
Question – What or who do you think can help this problem?
Prof.- Parents or anyone can write letters to their congressmen concerning nutrition bills that attempt to improve our children’s nutrition. Parents can go to school meetings and ask for removal of junk foods on school grounds, and for removal of ads for junk food in school TV programs or busses.
No vending machines in schools, mandate healthy foods in school only, universal free lunch, and ban all unhealthy food ads.
I interviewed a Professor in Community Nutrition at Metro State College two occasions on the telephone. The first one was on 3/18/09 and the second one was on 3/24/09. The interviews were approximately 50 minutes long.
Question – Concerning childhood obesity, is there a problem?
Prof. – Yes. Years ago, in a pediatric office, if a child had type II diabetes everyone would come to look at this case. Now, it is common to see children with type II diabetes. If an older person gets diabetes there are things they can do for him. They can delay the progression and with that, the consequences of the disease. If it begins with a child, they can delay the severe consequences, such as amputations, heart and blood vessel disease, nerve damage, kidney damage, eye damage and other serious consequences for perhaps 20 years but that puts the kid at 32 if he got it when he was 12!
In addition, the huge costs will ruin our country because the costs of chronic disease related to obesity are a tremendous cost to our country, not only in medical costs but in many other things in everyday life. One for example is airplane seats. It will cost a huge amount of money to fit larger seats on planes now because more people are too big to fit in them anymore. They’ll have to get larger hospital and long term care beds for bigger patients. These are just a few examples.
Question – What do you think is the cause of childhood obesity?
Prof. – The beverages we drink. Years ago you would get sent out of class for bringing even a bottle of water, now everyone has a drink on their desk. It’s not morally wrong to have a drink in class but this is just to show that we are always drinking something and it isn’t just plain water. It is flavored waters, energy drinks, soda, and different coffees, most of which are high in calories.
He said portion sizes, lack of exercise, and availability of fast foods on every corner and in schools are equally to blame.
Question – What or who do you think can help this problem?
Prof.- Parents or anyone can write letters to their congressmen concerning nutrition bills that attempt to improve our children’s nutrition. Parents can go to school meetings and ask for removal of junk foods on school grounds, and for removal of ads for junk food in school TV programs or busses.
No vending machines in schools, mandate healthy foods in school only, universal free lunch, and ban all unhealthy food ads.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
9b brainstorming visual aids
Five ideas I have for using visual aids in my research paper are:
1. A chart showing prevalence in childhood obesity
2. A seal of the government agency that conducts surveys to know prevalence of obesity
3. Pictures from a website
4. A graph to support numerical information
5. Sketch of a weight scale
1. A chart showing prevalence in childhood obesity
2. A seal of the government agency that conducts surveys to know prevalence of obesity
3. Pictures from a website
4. A graph to support numerical information
5. Sketch of a weight scale
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
9a writing thesis statements
Thesis Statement 1
As a nation, we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity. This can be accomplished if the media, policy makers, and parents all work together.
Thesis Statement 2
As a nation we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity. We can greatly reduce this serious problem by following these crucial steps: Reduce advertisements aimed at children in selling high fat, high sugar content foods, improve the quality of foods served and sold to children in all schools, and as parents reduce television viewing, increase exercise, and reestablish the family meal.
Thesis Statement 3
As a nation, we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity in order to prevent the serious consequences of this alarming health issue. This can be accomplished if the media, policy makers, and parents all work together to eradicate childhood obesity.
As a nation, we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity. This can be accomplished if the media, policy makers, and parents all work together.
Thesis Statement 2
As a nation we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity. We can greatly reduce this serious problem by following these crucial steps: Reduce advertisements aimed at children in selling high fat, high sugar content foods, improve the quality of foods served and sold to children in all schools, and as parents reduce television viewing, increase exercise, and reestablish the family meal.
Thesis Statement 3
As a nation, we must address the growing problem of childhood obesity in order to prevent the serious consequences of this alarming health issue. This can be accomplished if the media, policy makers, and parents all work together to eradicate childhood obesity.
9c checking quotations, paraphrases, summaries
Here is the web address where I commented on Jeremy's blog
http://thisblogs83.blogspot.com/2009/03/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing.html?showComment=1238642640000#c6242573946154877594
This is the web address for my comment to Robert Castro's blog
http://robertjcastro.blogspot.com/2009/03/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing.html#comments
http://thisblogs83.blogspot.com/2009/03/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing.html?showComment=1238642640000#c6242573946154877594
This is the web address for my comment to Robert Castro's blog
http://robertjcastro.blogspot.com/2009/03/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing.html#comments
Friday, March 20, 2009
8a Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
http://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/DNPA/obesity/childhood/index.htm
Obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese as adults.3, 4 For example, one study found that approximately 80% of children who were overweight at aged 10–15 years were obese adults at age 25 years.3 Another study found that 25% of obese adults were overweight as children.5 The latter study also found that if overweight begins before 8 years of age, obesity in adulthood is likely to be more severe.
1. Paragraph with ellipsis:
Some may not believe that obesity in children is a serious health problem. They may think as I did that children’s chubbiness, especially toddlers and very young children, make them look healthy. I thought that it is only baby fat and will disappear when they grow up; however, this is not the case. As pointed out in an article at the Centers for Disease Control website, [one study found that appoximately 80% of children who were overweight……]
2. Paraphrase the passage:
Studies have been conducted by the Center for Disease Control showing that if you were overweight as a child, you will probably be overweight as an adult. If you were overweight before you were 8 years old, you may not only be overweight, but obese as an adult. Studies showed 80% of overweight 10 -14 year olds were obese at age 25, and 25% of obese adults were overweight as children.
3. Summarize the passage:
The Center for Disease Control conducted two studies with results showing people who were overweight as children became overweight or obese as adults. One study showed that 80% of overweight 10 -14 years olds were obese at age 25. Another study found that 25% of obese adults were overweight when they were children.
Obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese as adults.3, 4 For example, one study found that approximately 80% of children who were overweight at aged 10–15 years were obese adults at age 25 years.3 Another study found that 25% of obese adults were overweight as children.5 The latter study also found that if overweight begins before 8 years of age, obesity in adulthood is likely to be more severe.
1. Paragraph with ellipsis:
Some may not believe that obesity in children is a serious health problem. They may think as I did that children’s chubbiness, especially toddlers and very young children, make them look healthy. I thought that it is only baby fat and will disappear when they grow up; however, this is not the case. As pointed out in an article at the Centers for Disease Control website, [one study found that appoximately 80% of children who were overweight……]
2. Paraphrase the passage:
Studies have been conducted by the Center for Disease Control showing that if you were overweight as a child, you will probably be overweight as an adult. If you were overweight before you were 8 years old, you may not only be overweight, but obese as an adult. Studies showed 80% of overweight 10 -14 year olds were obese at age 25, and 25% of obese adults were overweight as children.
3. Summarize the passage:
The Center for Disease Control conducted two studies with results showing people who were overweight as children became overweight or obese as adults. One study showed that 80% of overweight 10 -14 years olds were obese at age 25. Another study found that 25% of obese adults were overweight when they were children.
Monday, March 16, 2009
7b Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources 7b:
Website – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/DNPA/obesity/childhood/index.htm
I found that this website is a reliable source of information for health trends in our country.
The article that I found sited health statistics taken from the NHANES survey which is conducted by the government and is a very reliable source. The evidence is appropriate for the points being made.
Included on the page is the last day reviewed, updated Feb. 2009, a disclaimer of non-endorsement from any links on their website, the CDC mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. The content source is the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and National Center for Disease Prevention and Promotion.
Book – The Family Guide to Fighting Fat: A Parent’s Guide to Handling Obesity and Eating Issues
The authors are the Texas Children’s Hospital executive staff: CEO, Physician in Chief, doctors specializing in obesity and medical expertise. They are knowledgeable about the topic. The publishers are St. Martins Press published in the U.S. The book was written within a recent time and is two years old.
Periodical - Journal of Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/servlet/HWRC/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&rlt=1&o=&bucket=ref&n=10&l=d&basicSearchOption=KE&items=0&tcit=1_1_0_0_0_0&c=1&docNum=A161013436&sgPhrase=false&locID=auraria_main&secondary=false&t=RK&s=1&SU=%22obesity+in+children%22
copywrited 2007 , timely.
authors of the article are credible, Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
Website – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/DNPA/obesity/childhood/index.htm
I found that this website is a reliable source of information for health trends in our country.
The article that I found sited health statistics taken from the NHANES survey which is conducted by the government and is a very reliable source. The evidence is appropriate for the points being made.
Included on the page is the last day reviewed, updated Feb. 2009, a disclaimer of non-endorsement from any links on their website, the CDC mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. The content source is the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and National Center for Disease Prevention and Promotion.
Book – The Family Guide to Fighting Fat: A Parent’s Guide to Handling Obesity and Eating Issues
The authors are the Texas Children’s Hospital executive staff: CEO, Physician in Chief, doctors specializing in obesity and medical expertise. They are knowledgeable about the topic. The publishers are St. Martins Press published in the U.S. The book was written within a recent time and is two years old.
Periodical - Journal of Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/servlet/HWRC/hits?r=d&origSearch=true&rlt=1&o=&bucket=ref&n=10&l=d&basicSearchOption=KE&items=0&tcit=1_1_0_0_0_0&c=1&docNum=A161013436&sgPhrase=false&locID=auraria_main&secondary=false&t=RK&s=1&SU=%22obesity+in+children%22
copywrited 2007 , timely.
authors of the article are credible, Australian Traditional-Medicine Society
7a Conducting Internet Research
Conducting Internet Research:
Search engine – refseek
Date of search – 3/16/09
Key words used – childhood obesity, prevalence of obesity” “psychological effects of obesity in children”
Operators – “ “ , +, OR
Relevance – 5
Number of hits – 8,173
Directory – Dmoz Open Directory Project
Date of search 3/16/09
Key words used – obesity in children
Hits – 54
Operators “ “
Meta search – T10 metasearch
Date 3/16/09
Key words – obesity in children
Operators – “ “
Hits – 50
Relevance 5
Invisible Web - InsyWinsy
date 3/16/09
key words - obesity in children
operators - " "
hits - 18,926
relevance 5
Search engine – refseek
Date of search – 3/16/09
Key words used – childhood obesity, prevalence of obesity” “psychological effects of obesity in children”
Operators – “ “ , +, OR
Relevance – 5
Number of hits – 8,173
Directory – Dmoz Open Directory Project
Date of search 3/16/09
Key words used – obesity in children
Hits – 54
Operators “ “
Meta search – T10 metasearch
Date 3/16/09
Key words – obesity in children
Operators – “ “
Hits – 50
Relevance 5
Invisible Web - InsyWinsy
date 3/16/09
key words - obesity in children
operators - " "
hits - 18,926
relevance 5
Monday, March 9, 2009
6c Planning Field Research
I plan to do two interviews. I have made an appointment with my first interviewee for next week who is a Professor teaching Community Nutrition at Metro College.
I will be contacting my second interviewee soon. She is also a Community Nutrition professor at Metro but is also employed at the Tri County Health Department of Colorado
List of questions I may ask concerning childhood obesity:
Do you agree that this is an epidemic in our country?
Do you see this problem getting worse before it gets better?
How do you think this trend started?
What do you think is the most important thing to focus on to reduce this problem?
I will be contacting my second interviewee soon. She is also a Community Nutrition professor at Metro but is also employed at the Tri County Health Department of Colorado
List of questions I may ask concerning childhood obesity:
Do you agree that this is an epidemic in our country?
Do you see this problem getting worse before it gets better?
How do you think this trend started?
What do you think is the most important thing to focus on to reduce this problem?
6b Testing Assigned Search Tool
Resource searched – Pandia metasearch engine http://pandia.com/metasearch/
Keywords used - child children childhood obesity childhood obesity United States
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) - +child*+obesity+”United States”-adults
Date of search – 3/9/09
Number of hits - 20
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) - 5
Keywords used - child children childhood obesity childhood obesity United States
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) - +child*+obesity+”United States”-adults
Date of search – 3/9/09
Number of hits - 20
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) - 5
6a using internet search tools
Before this class the only search engine I used was http://www.google.com/. I used it for everything and it usually gave me many results that were relevant to what I was looking for.
Now that I am trying out more search engines I use USDA.com and CDC.com because they have a lot of information regarding trends and laws for this country regarding nutrition. USDA.com offers a browse by subject side bar, search tips, and advanced search option and I can use quotation marks to search by phrase.
I like SurfWax metasearch because I get plenty of relevant results. http://www.surfwax.com/
Excite is also good with results that are relevant. I like the right side column that offers suggestions on what I am looking for even thought there were many results from my search. It gives me more related topics pertaining to my subject to choose from. http://www.excite.com/
Now that I am trying out more search engines I use USDA.com and CDC.com because they have a lot of information regarding trends and laws for this country regarding nutrition. USDA.com offers a browse by subject side bar, search tips, and advanced search option and I can use quotation marks to search by phrase.
I like SurfWax metasearch because I get plenty of relevant results. http://www.surfwax.com/
Excite is also good with results that are relevant. I like the right side column that offers suggestions on what I am looking for even thought there were many results from my search. It gives me more related topics pertaining to my subject to choose from. http://www.excite.com/
Sunday, March 1, 2009
5c Rewriting Search Strings
I have had very good results with these search strings:
obesity
obesity + childhood
obesity + childhood + United States
obesity + childhood + United States + prevalence
obestiy + childhood + United States + solutions
obesity
obesity + childhood
obesity + childhood + United States
obesity + childhood + United States + prevalence
obestiy + childhood + United States + solutions
5b Finding More Reference Articles and Books
Retrieved 3/1
Source – on-line database from Westminster Library
Health Reference Center Academic
Key words – obesity childhood
Hits – 462
Relevance – 4
Website of article - http://rpa.westminster.lib.co.us/webauth.exe
Title – Selling health: social marketing approaches are increasingly used in health promotion, but what does it involve and how can community practitioners use it?
Authors – Julia Foxton, Val Thurtle and Mavis Ames
Periodical – Community Source
Date of article – Feb. 2009
Vol, Issue – 82.2 pg32(2)
Book
Westminster Library
Title – The Overweight Child: Promoting Fitness and Self-Esteem
Authors - Teresa Pitman and Miriam Kaufman MD
Publisher – Firefly Books Ltd
Place of publication – Buffalo, New York, USA
Copyright – Teresa Pitman 2000
Date checked out - 3/1
Source – on-line database from Westminster Library
Health Reference Center Academic
Key words – obesity childhood
Hits – 462
Relevance – 4
Website of article - http://rpa.westminster.lib.co.us/webauth.exe
Title – Selling health: social marketing approaches are increasingly used in health promotion, but what does it involve and how can community practitioners use it?
Authors – Julia Foxton, Val Thurtle and Mavis Ames
Periodical – Community Source
Date of article – Feb. 2009
Vol, Issue – 82.2 pg32(2)
Book
Westminster Library
Title – The Overweight Child: Promoting Fitness and Self-Esteem
Authors - Teresa Pitman and Miriam Kaufman MD
Publisher – Firefly Books Ltd
Place of publication – Buffalo, New York, USA
Copyright – Teresa Pitman 2000
Date checked out - 3/1
5a Finding Periodical Articles
article 1
Date retrieved – 3/1
Search source – directory – search.yahoo.com
Key word - obesity
Hits – 152,000,000,000
Relevance - 5
Web address of hit I chose - http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/searchresults?fulltext=obesity+children+childhood+adolescents+solutions+&andorexactfulltext=or&author1=&pubdate_year=&volume=&firstpage=&src=hw&searchsubmit=redo&resourcetype=1&search=Search&fmonth=Jan&fyear=2008&tmonth=Mar&tyear=2009&fdatedef=1+January+1753&tdatedef=1+Mar+2009
Key words at this site – obesity children childhood adolescents solutions
They added oporators for me +
Number of hits – 113,183
Relevance - 5
article web address - http://www.jaoa.org/cgi/content/full/108/10/545?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=obesity+children+childhood+adolescents+solutions+&andorexactfulltext=or&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2008&resourcetype=HWCIT
Periodical - The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
Title of article - Cause and Effect in Childhood Obesity: Solutions for a National Epidemic
Author -J. Michael Wieting, DO, MEd
Volume - JAOA • Vol 108 • No 10 • October 2008 • 545-552
Date of article – October 2008
article 2
Date retrieved – 3/1
Resource – directory – mojeek.com
Key word – obesity
Hits – 245,083
Relevance - 5
Periodical – Obesity
Web address - http://www.nature.com/oby/index.html
Title – Alterations in Fatty Acid Kinetics in Obese Adolescents With Increased Intrhepatic Thyglyceride Content
Web address of article - http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v17/n1/full/oby2008494a.html
Authors - Elisa Fabbrini, Dinky DeHaseth, Sheela Deivanayagam, B. Selma Mohammed, Bernadette E. Vitola, and Samuel Klein
Vol, Issue - Obesity (2008) 17 1, 25–29. doi:10.1038/oby.2008.494
Date retrieved – 3/1
Search source – directory – search.yahoo.com
Key word - obesity
Hits – 152,000,000,000
Relevance - 5
Web address of hit I chose - http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/searchresults?fulltext=obesity+children+childhood+adolescents+solutions+&andorexactfulltext=or&author1=&pubdate_year=&volume=&firstpage=&src=hw&searchsubmit=redo&resourcetype=1&search=Search&fmonth=Jan&fyear=2008&tmonth=Mar&tyear=2009&fdatedef=1+January+1753&tdatedef=1+Mar+2009
Key words at this site – obesity children childhood adolescents solutions
They added oporators for me +
Number of hits – 113,183
Relevance - 5
article web address - http://www.jaoa.org/cgi/content/full/108/10/545?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=obesity+children+childhood+adolescents+solutions+&andorexactfulltext=or&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2008&resourcetype=HWCIT
Periodical - The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
Title of article - Cause and Effect in Childhood Obesity: Solutions for a National Epidemic
Author -J. Michael Wieting, DO, MEd
Volume - JAOA • Vol 108 • No 10 • October 2008 • 545-552
Date of article – October 2008
article 2
Date retrieved – 3/1
Resource – directory – mojeek.com
Key word – obesity
Hits – 245,083
Relevance - 5
Periodical – Obesity
Web address - http://www.nature.com/oby/index.html
Title – Alterations in Fatty Acid Kinetics in Obese Adolescents With Increased Intrhepatic Thyglyceride Content
Web address of article - http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v17/n1/full/oby2008494a.html
Authors - Elisa Fabbrini, Dinky DeHaseth, Sheela Deivanayagam, B. Selma Mohammed, Bernadette E. Vitola, and Samuel Klein
Vol, Issue - Obesity (2008) 17 1, 25–29. doi:10.1038/oby.2008.494
Sunday, February 22, 2009
4c Checking Search Strings
I commented on Paul's blog:
http://paulcroft.blogspot.com/2009/02/3a-generating-key-words.html#comments
It says by jaada but that is me, amelia arrieta
http://paulcroft.blogspot.com/2009/02/3a-generating-key-words.html#comments
It says by jaada but that is me, amelia arrieta
4b Finding Books
I used the library catalog at Front Range Community College in Westminster to find the following books on 2/19/09, Keyword search was “childhood obesity”, I received 7 results and I rate the relevance of my results a 4
Title: Generation Extra Large: Rescuing Our Children from the Epidemic of Obesity
Authors: Tartamella, Herscher, and woolston
Publisher: Basic Books, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
Copyright: 2004
Title: The Family Guide to Fighting Fat: A Parent’s Guide to Handling Obesity and Eating Issues
Authors: The Texas Children’s Hospital
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
Copyright: 2007
Title: A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health
Authors: Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatric
Copyright: 2006, published in the United States
I also found three more books using the prospector and filled out interlibrary loan forms for each, the library will call me when the books come in.
Title: Generation Extra Large: Rescuing Our Children from the Epidemic of Obesity
Authors: Tartamella, Herscher, and woolston
Publisher: Basic Books, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
Copyright: 2004
Title: The Family Guide to Fighting Fat: A Parent’s Guide to Handling Obesity and Eating Issues
Authors: The Texas Children’s Hospital
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
Copyright: 2007
Title: A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health
Authors: Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatric
Copyright: 2006, published in the United States
I also found three more books using the prospector and filled out interlibrary loan forms for each, the library will call me when the books come in.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
4a Finding Reference Articles
The first reference site I found was http://www.encyclopedia.com/. There were articles related to my topic but I was not able to access them without signing up for a free trial of HighBeam Research. I did not want to sign up with the fear I would be getting a paid subscription after the trial. It offered “A Dictionary of Food Nutrition” but I could not find how to access it. No hits, I may need to retry this one.
http://www.encarta.msn.com/ was easy to navigate with tabs at the top for dictionary and encyclopedia, I found many good definition articles in the website on childhood obesity that I might be able to use for my research paper. I received about 5 hits and I rate them as 5 (best) in relevance.
http://www.refdesk.com/. This site offered multiple search websites on its page to choose from. After trying a couple of these, the one that gave the best result was the Google search box. It led me to articles at reputable sites such as Mayoclinic.com. Cdc.gov. and surgeongeneral.gov. This site had an abundance of articles on my subject that will be very useful in my research. For this site I received about 15 hits and I rate them as 5 for best in relevance.
Here are three articles I found:
Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference site: www.encarta.msn.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Obesity
Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD
Website: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=childhood+obesity
Contributed by: Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD.Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference website: www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
The Future of Children
Princeton – Brookings
Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 2006
Title: Fighting Obesity in the Public Schools
Ron Haskins, Christina Paxson, and Elisabeth Donahue
Website: http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=349724
Retrieved: 2/22/09
Reference website www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Overweight and Obesity
No author, article on webpage of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/state_programs/about_us.htm
http://www.encarta.msn.com/ was easy to navigate with tabs at the top for dictionary and encyclopedia, I found many good definition articles in the website on childhood obesity that I might be able to use for my research paper. I received about 5 hits and I rate them as 5 (best) in relevance.
http://www.refdesk.com/. This site offered multiple search websites on its page to choose from. After trying a couple of these, the one that gave the best result was the Google search box. It led me to articles at reputable sites such as Mayoclinic.com. Cdc.gov. and surgeongeneral.gov. This site had an abundance of articles on my subject that will be very useful in my research. For this site I received about 15 hits and I rate them as 5 for best in relevance.
Here are three articles I found:
Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference site: www.encarta.msn.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Obesity
Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD
Website: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=childhood+obesity
Contributed by: Gary D. Foster, B.A., M.S., PhD.Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Retrieved 2/22/09
Reference website: www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
The Future of Children
Princeton – Brookings
Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 2006
Title: Fighting Obesity in the Public Schools
Ron Haskins, Christina Paxson, and Elisabeth Donahue
Website: http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info_show.htm?doc_id=349724
Retrieved: 2/22/09
Reference website www.refdesk.com
Keywords: childhood obesity
Title: Overweight and Obesity
No author, article on webpage of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/state_programs/about_us.htm
Monday, February 16, 2009
3c Brainstorming Field Research Options
List of potential people or places to find people to interview:
My Community Nutrition Professor - I may use e-mail interview or in person
A person at the local social services office - I may use telephone interview or in person
The dietitian at the Wildwood Child and Adult Food Program - I may use telephone interview or in person
My doctor - I may use telephone interview
A person at the local WIC program - I may use telephone interview or in person
My Community Nutrition Professor - I may use e-mail interview or in person
A person at the local social services office - I may use telephone interview or in person
The dietitian at the Wildwood Child and Adult Food Program - I may use telephone interview or in person
My doctor - I may use telephone interview
A person at the local WIC program - I may use telephone interview or in person
3b Writing Search Strings
Math search:
+childhood +obesity +causes + reduce + prevalence
+“Childhood obesity” + causes + prevalence + diet + nutrients + “public Policy” + solutions + US + reduce
Boolean search:
"childhood" and "obesity"
"childhood obesity" and "United States" and causes
"childhood obesity" or "obesity in children" not "young adults"
+childhood +obesity +causes + reduce + prevalence
+“Childhood obesity” + causes + prevalence + diet + nutrients + “public Policy” + solutions + US + reduce
Boolean search:
"childhood" and "obesity"
"childhood obesity" and "United States" and causes
"childhood obesity" or "obesity in children" not "young adults"
3a Generating Keywords
Research question - Although it is clear that the diet of each child in the U.S. cannot be controlled by public policy, what can be done to help reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity either publicly or privately?
Keywords generated from my research question:
diet, control, prevalence, child, obesity, reduce, and prevent
clustering synonyms:
diet - food intake, food, food habits, nutrients, junk food
control - manage, restrict, direct, administer, supervise, deal with, and organize
prevalence - occurrence, incidence, frequency, pervasiveness, predominance, rate, high proportion
child -adolescent, kid, teenager, youngster, youth, juvenile
obesity - overweight, obese, fat, heavy
reduce -decrease, lessen, diminish, cut, minimize, lower
prevent - avoid, circumvent, and stay away from
solution - answer, key, way out, resolution
ladder of generalization:
obesity, childhood obesity, avoiding childhood obesity
Keywords generated from my research question:
diet, control, prevalence, child, obesity, reduce, and prevent
clustering synonyms:
diet - food intake, food, food habits, nutrients, junk food
control - manage, restrict, direct, administer, supervise, deal with, and organize
prevalence - occurrence, incidence, frequency, pervasiveness, predominance, rate, high proportion
child -adolescent, kid, teenager, youngster, youth, juvenile
obesity - overweight, obese, fat, heavy
reduce -decrease, lessen, diminish, cut, minimize, lower
prevent - avoid, circumvent, and stay away from
solution - answer, key, way out, resolution
ladder of generalization:
obesity, childhood obesity, avoiding childhood obesity
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Eng 1020 2c Developing My Research Question
No matter what my research question will be, I think my subject of obesity in children will lead me to take on the role in my paper as the reporter. I will be presenting the readers with information about my topic.
Some research questions I have come up with are:
What is the cause of the rise in childhood obesity?
What does obesity in children do to their long term health status?
Should the government make laws to reverse the trend of eliminating recess in many schools?
Where can the government step in to ban junk food near schools?
Should the government ban junk food in vending machines in schools?
Some research questions I have come up with are:
What is the cause of the rise in childhood obesity?
What does obesity in children do to their long term health status?
Should the government make laws to reverse the trend of eliminating recess in many schools?
Where can the government step in to ban junk food near schools?
Should the government ban junk food in vending machines in schools?
Eng 1020 2b Narrowing My Topic
As my research into my broad topic continues I will listen for common themes and also find out what the latest news and scientific developments are. This will help me find an issue to choose to focus on and create a research question.
Eng 1020 2a Exploring My Topic
I have made a list people who I want to talk to about the subject of obesity in children. I still haven't narrowed it down to a good research question yet. I hope to get ideas talking to these people and also continue to read articles and books on the subject to help me here what the conversations are about it.
The people I hope to speak to are:
My Comm. Nutr. Prof.
My sister
Someone at the Health and Human Services Dept. in Broomfield
The dietitian I volunteered with at Avista Hospital and
My doctor
The websites I have searched so far are www.eatright.org and http://www.cdc.gov/ , databases at Library such as Lexisnexis, Medline Plus, and HealthierUS.gov
The people I hope to speak to are:
My Comm. Nutr. Prof.
My sister
Someone at the Health and Human Services Dept. in Broomfield
The dietitian I volunteered with at Avista Hospital and
My doctor
The websites I have searched so far are www.eatright.org and http://www.cdc.gov/ , databases at Library such as Lexisnexis, Medline Plus, and HealthierUS.gov
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Eng 122 1b My Topic
1b My Topic
My topic is community nutrition. I chose this subject not only because it is my major but I am particularly interested in learning all I can about nutrition. I love the science of nutrition and want to some day apply my knowledge to being helpful in improving the health status of target communities.
My knowledge at this point is limited to the few classes I have taken so far. I have started out with biology, human anatomy and physiology, and chemistry classes to get a basic knowledge of the human body’s processes and how different nutrients affect those processes. I have some knowledge of which supplemental vitamins to take, i.e. fish oil pills, vitamin E, a multivitamin, etc. Also, I have the basic knowledge that if you do not eat a well balanced diet, your systems will break down in your body, if not now then later.
I look forward to learning more about the effects of food on our bodies, how to help ill or diseased people back to health or to help them prevent from developing any further complications. This research paper will help me learn more about community nutrition which is studying a particular community of people and determining what is needed to improve the health status of those people through nutrition programs. It means creating new programs or improving current programs through private or government organizations.
My topic is community nutrition. I chose this subject not only because it is my major but I am particularly interested in learning all I can about nutrition. I love the science of nutrition and want to some day apply my knowledge to being helpful in improving the health status of target communities.
My knowledge at this point is limited to the few classes I have taken so far. I have started out with biology, human anatomy and physiology, and chemistry classes to get a basic knowledge of the human body’s processes and how different nutrients affect those processes. I have some knowledge of which supplemental vitamins to take, i.e. fish oil pills, vitamin E, a multivitamin, etc. Also, I have the basic knowledge that if you do not eat a well balanced diet, your systems will break down in your body, if not now then later.
I look forward to learning more about the effects of food on our bodies, how to help ill or diseased people back to health or to help them prevent from developing any further complications. This research paper will help me learn more about community nutrition which is studying a particular community of people and determining what is needed to improve the health status of those people through nutrition programs. It means creating new programs or improving current programs through private or government organizations.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Eng 122 1a Possible Topics
I would like to write something about nutrition. I don't know exactly what, but here are some ideas I have so far:
community nutrition
government food programs
disparities in nutritional health in populations
government's role in health promotion
Should government regulate manufacturer's sell and advertising of junk food?
community nutrition
government food programs
disparities in nutritional health in populations
government's role in health promotion
Should government regulate manufacturer's sell and advertising of junk food?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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