1 .selecting sources of literature.topic obesity in chidhood (15 peer revieweed articles)

Annotated Bibliography Blackburn, K., Gillman, M. W., Haines, J., McDonald, J., Price, S., & Oken, E. . First steps for Mommy and Me: A pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity behaviors of postpartum mothers and their infants. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 15(8), pp. 1217-1227.
The authors look at the recommended initial steps for mothers to keep away obesity and how effective these steps are.
Belfort, M. B. et al. (2009). Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age. Pediatrics, 23(4), pp. 1177-1183.
The piece assesses the prevalence of obesity amongst children aged 3 years.
Benton, D. (2004). Role of parents in the determination of the food preferences of children and the development of obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord, 28(7), pp. 858-869.
The article highlights how food preferences affect development of obesity and offers statistics to aid the conclusions.
Rhee K. (2008). Child overweight and the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style and family functioning. Annals American Academy of Political and Social Science, 615, pp. 12-37.
With statistical backup, it assesses how parental behavior, style and family functioning impact on child weight.
Birch, L. L & Davison, K. K. (2009). Family environmental factors influencing the developing behavioral controls of food intake and childhood overweight. Pediatr Clin North Am., 48(4), pp. 893-907.
The article affirms and offers statistical analyses to the effect that family environmental factors define child weight issues.
Reilly, J. J. (2008). Physical activity, sedentary behavior and energy balance in the preschool child: opportunities for early obesity prevention. Proc Nutr Soc, 67(3), pp. 317-325.
The articles assess application Physical activity, sedentary behavior and energy balance in regulation of child weight issues.
Gaffney, F. K. (2011). Early Life Predictors of Childhood Obesity. Weight Journal, 23 (4), pp. 213-215.
The article highlights and evaluates the applicability of the early life predictors of childhood obesity
Golan, M., Kaufman, V., & Shahar, D. R. (2006). Childhood obesity treatment: targeting parents exclusively v. parents and children. Br J Nutr, 95(5), pp. 1008-1015.
The article questions whether childhood obesity treatments should target parents on children.
Golan, M. & Crow, S. (2004). Targeting parents exclusively in the treatment of childhood obesity: long-term results. Obes Res., 12(2), pp. 357-361.
The article assesses how long term results can be obtained from obesity by Targeting parents exclusively. Hinkley, T. et al. (2008). Preschool children and physical activity: a review of correlates. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(5), pp. 435-441.
The article looks at the correlation between physical activity and weight issues amongst pre-school kids.
Jansen, A. & Tenney, N. (2001). Seeing mum drinking a ‘ light’ product: is social learning a stronger determinant of taste preference acquisition than caloric conditioning? Eur J Clin Nutr. Jun, 55(6), pp. 418-422.
The article assesses how mothers can act as role model to their children and hence regulate their children’s weight.
Roland Sturm, “ The Effects of Obesity on Medical Problems and Costs,” Health Affairs, 21 (2), pp. 245–53.
The piece looks into the effects of obesity, its consequent medical problems and ultimately, the costs it subjects the community to. Ste” ler, N., Zemel, B. S., Kumanyika, S., & Stallings, V. A. (2002). Infant weight gain and childhood overweight status in a multicenter, cohort Study. Pediatrics, 109, pp. 194-199.
The authors look into how infant weight gain and childhood overweight status can be regulated within controlled environments.
Taveras, E. M. et al. (2008). Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 162(4), pp. 305-311.
The author assess the relationship between sleep duration and obesity amongst children
Ventura, A. K. & Birch, L. L. (2008). Does parenting affect children’s eating and weight status? Int, 5, pp. 15.
The article assess whether parental effects can define whether or not a child becomes overweight.