Annotated Bibliography on Obesity Among Children

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Annotated Bibliography on Obesity Among Children
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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN 2
Annotated Bibliography on Obesity Among Children
Ogden, C. L., Carroll, M. D., Lawman, H. G., Fryar, C. D., Kruszon-Moran, D., Kit, B. K., &
Flegal, K. M. (2016). Trends in obesity prevalence among children and adolescents in
the United States, 1988-1994 through 2013-2014. Jama, 315(21), 2292-2299.
A study done in the United States reveals that there has been an increase in the rate of
obesity among the children between 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, there was no
observable change between 2003 to 2004 and 2011 to 2012, apart from a substantial
decline among the children aged 2-5 years. The findings suggest that the extreme
obesity occurred between 1988-1994 and over the years it adopted a down ward and
upward trend. The prevalence of obesity increased until the 2003-20004 and
subsequently decreased among children aged between 2 to 5 years, then increased
again until 2007 to 20008, and finally leveled off among the children in the age group
6 to 11 years.
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Keller, A., & Bucher Della Torre, S. (2015). Sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity among
children and adolescents: a review of systematic literature reviews. Childhood
Obesity, 11(4), 338-346.
The researchers reveal that overweight and obesity prevalence among the children
and adolescents has progressively increased across the globe and it is currently at
alarming proportions. The findings suggest that sugar-sweetened beverages are the
principal source of obesity of the diet among a significant number of children. The
results also revealed that there was direct association between sugar-sweetened