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Key Academic writing style and why they are important
There are four different types of academic writing styles. These are; Descriptive, Analytical,
Persuasive and Critical. All these styles have their characteristics features that make them unique
from each other (Valdés & Royo-Bordonada, 2012 p.89).
In most cases, however, one may find themselves using more than one writing style within a
single research paper. For instance, when writing a research paper, the various sections of
research may require that one uses writing styles. One many use critical writing when writing the
literature review, the method section may employ the use of a descriptive style while the
discussion section may require the use of an analytical style. These different styles of writing are
discussed below;
a) Descriptive writing-This is often regarded as one of the simplest academic writing styles.
It usually aims towards providing some facts about a certain issue and/or information. An
example of a perfect descriptive piece of writing would be a report about the results of a
certain experiment and/or a summary of a certain article (Ward et al, 2014 p.68).
b) Analytical writing-An analytical writing is a complex form of descriptive writing. It
entails descriptive writing but at the same time re-organizing facts and ideas in such a
way that they are categorized into sections; groups parts, types and identifying
relationships between various issues. Such writings may include comparing various
theories and how they relate to each other
c) Persuasive writing-A persuasive writing is more of analytical writing but in this case, is
characterized by a well-organized argument. A recommendation as well as an
interpretation of the findings. The researcher often gives their point of view regarding a
certain issue of interest.

d) Critical Writing-They have all features of persuasive writing, in this case, however,
unlike persuasive writings that require one to give their own point of view, this requires
that a person considers more than one point of view. Critical writing requires that a
person have a clear understanding of the topic issue and be in a position to explain it in
such a way that it clearly draws out the different point of views based on evidence.
The purpose of a writing style is to communicate. These different writing styles are often
employed so as to communicate certain information. It is therefore important that they are used.
They facilitate the arrangement of ideas and thoughts and thus producing a concrete piece of
information that is meant to explain a certain issue (Smith & Smith, 2016 p.69).
Writing styles also act as proof of one person's individuality as well as originality. A writing
style tends to present a writes ideas and thoughts in an organized manner and therefore tends to
bring out the aspect of individuality as well as that of originality in a piece of writing by a certain
writer.
Introduction of the topic
The issue of childhood obesity has been identified as a world disaster for the last ten years.
Childhood obesity is undergoing a rapid epidemiological and nutrition transition which is
attributed to the nutritional deficiencies. Consequently there are other diseases attributed with the
childhood obesity (Anderson, 2012 p.67). The prevalence of obesity, diabetes and other chronic
diseases are as result of obesity. Reports shows that obesity has reached the epidemic levels in
the society and also in developed nations. The higher percentages of childhood obesity are in
developed countries as well as the developing nations. Different researchers have indicated that
childhood obesity is common in females as compared to the males in our society. Females have

been attributed with higher percentages of hormonal inheritance thus prone to obesity. Therefore,
obesity in real sense refers to the defined excess fat found in human body. There is no identified
cut off for the excess fats in childhood (Baidal & Taveras, 2012 p.74). There are different m
methods which have been used to determine the level of fats in body. Some of the methods
which have been used to determine the level of fats in childhood include the densitometry, the
magnetic resonance imaging and the multi frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis. Most of
these methods tend not to be effective for use as compared to the research work. Although some
methods such as the densitometry can be used in research, they tend not to be feasible to
different fields such as the clinical wok in country. We have those methods which are more
reliable as they target the central cause of obesity o children. In addition, we have different
factors which causes childhood obesity in society. Different authors have argued that childhood
obesity results from the imbalance between the energy intake and the expenditure (Cawley &
Liu, 2012 p.31).
Quantitative articles
The first quantitative articles is Dynamics of childhood growth and obesity: development and
validation of a quantitative mathematical model. The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology, 1(2),
pp.97-105.The article was published by Hall, K.D., Butte, N.F., Swinburn, B.A. and Chow, C.C.,
2013. The article developed a mathematical comparison between the childhood energy and
balance accounts for heath growth and development of obesity. The article makes a quantitative
research on predictions related to the weight management interventions (Gibbs & Forste, 2014
p.76). The model used by the article was validated by comparing what was predicted with the
data obtained. The findings indicated how energy increased with intake from ages 5-18 with
rough amount of 1800kcal per day in boys and also 1000kcl in girls. The article indicated that