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Michael Warren
Professor Simone Flanigan
English 2010-Su16
5 August 2016
Annotated Bibliography
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health. "Soft Drinks in
Schools." Pediatrics 113.1 (2003): 152-54. PubMed. Web. 30 July 2016.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health released this report primarily
to provide suggestions for schools that could promote public health among schoolchildren.
The Council is comprised of pediatricians with a special interest in the health and wellbeing
of school-aged children. The Council recommended that pediatricians become more involved
in the school systems health curriculum, that schools restrict the sales of soft drinks, and that
schools promote consumption of real fruit juices and milk products. The report includes a
number of statistics to support the suggestions made but the reports wording makes it
considerably more easy to read for school authorities than a standard study analysis would be,
which also made it applicable and readily usable for my essay.
Bray, George A. "Is Sugar Addictive? | Diabetes." Is Sugar Addictive? | Diabetes. American
Diabetes Association, July 2016. Web. 27 July 2016.
Dr. Bray has a long history as a specialist in obesity research and treatment, working in the
fields of endocrinology and obesity for years. He conducted this study and published the
results in correspondence with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. His findings support the theses that sugars can be addictive and such an addiction
can contribute significantly to obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders. As sugar is a
substantial ingredient in soft drinks, his research was a natural fit for an essay exploring the
benefits of eliminating soft drinks from schools in order to diminish the occurrence of such
metabolic diseases in children.
Brown, Natalie. "Soft Drinks Category Report 2016." Grocer (2016): 57-76. Small Business
Reference Center. Web. 27 July 2016.
Natalie Brown is a British freelance journalist specializing in family life and general health.
She wrote this article based on the findings of the Soft Drinks Category Report 2016.,
which implicates soft drinks as a major contributor to obesity. The article is very brief but
explains succinctly the effect that soda consumption has had in Europe, with Great Britains
population being the most obese of all Europeans. In addition to exploring the effects of soda
consumption, the article questions the growing obesity rates in Great Britain and Europe,
despite the reduction in pop consumption. Although the article focuses more on the
implications of what other nutritional factors may cause the fat gain, it still provided evidence
for the thesis that soda pop contributes to obesity, which is exactly what I was searching for
in a source such as this.

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Centers for Disease Control. "Childhood Obesity Facts." Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Aug. 2015. Web. 29 July
2016.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publish scientific evidence and
facts regarding public health, as discovered by professional researchers and scientists. The
facts included on the CDCs Web page are concise and provide accurate, useful information
concerning the current situation of childhood obesity in the United States. The purpose of the
Web page is to provide pertinent information in regards to the current state of childhood
obesity in the United States. References to studies and published articles in respected journals
allow for cross-checking the claims. Again, childhood obesity is a major theme in this essay,
which allows the CDCs facts to be naturally enmeshed therein.
Cowie, C. C., K. F. Rust, E. S. Ford, M. S. Eberhardt, D. D. Byrd-Holt, C. Li, D. E.
Williams, E. W. Gregg, K. E. Bainbridge, S. H. Saydah, and L. S. Geiss. "Full
Accounting of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in the U.S. Population in 1988-1994 and
2005-2006." Diabetes Care 32.2 (2008): 287-94. EDS Consolidation DB. Web. 29
July 2016.
Dr. Catherine Cowie is the Program Director of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and
Metabolic Diseases at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
The authors performed the study in association with the National Institutes of Health. Their
studys purpose was to compare the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in 2005-2006 and
the occurrence of the diseases in 1988-1994. Participants of the study included diverse
populations and age groups, yet all participants were either diagnosed diabetics or prediabetics. The researchers conclusion was that the occurrence of diabetes has increased over
the years. The statistics provided as a result are significant for comparison with the risks of
developing diabetes that children face.