Henry D.

Enriquez

Professor Massey

ENC1101 MWF/1 pm

04/10/2018

Annotative Bibliography “Obesity”

Ferrara, L. Aldo, et al. "Obesity and Hypertensive Heart Disease: Focus on Body Composition

and Sex Differences." Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, vol. 8, 30 Nov. 2016, pp. 1-9.

EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s13098-016-0193-x.

The article by "Obesity and Hypertensive Heart Disease: Focus on Body Composition and Sex

Differences" by Aldo Ferrara connects to my research topic because his research provides

concrete evidence of obesity and heart disease. Heart disease is the United States number one

leading killer it kills on average six hundred thousand people a year. The article shows a pattern

between obesity causing hypertension in arteries and the heart which causes an increase in wall

thickness. The study indicates that hyper tension between obese patients and healthier patients the

thickness of the walls was much smaller in the healthier patient during hypertrophic state.

Hursting, Stephen D., and Sarah M. Dunlap. "Obesity, Metabolic Dysregulation, and Cancer: A

Growing Concern and an Inflammatory (And Microenvironmental) Issue." Annals of the

New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1271, no. 1, 10 Oct. 2012, pp. 82-87. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06737.x.

The article "Obesity, Metabolic Dysregulation, and Cancer: A Growing Concern and an

Inflammatory (And Microenvironmental) Issue" by Stephen, Hursting relates to my semester

topic because it gives statistics stating one-third of adults in the united states. This gives a better

understanding of how obesity can be seen as a risk of causing or making cancer develop faster.

The article also provides information how metabolic dysregulation causes bloating and leads to

cancer growth in the human body. Hursting also states that fifteen to thirty percent of cancer

patients who have deceased were overweight and obesity.

Judi, Daniels. “Obesity: America's Epidemic.” EBSCOhost, 8 Jan. 2006,

eds.b.ebscohost.com.db16.linccweb.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=9&sid=a5cb7d01-1c3a-

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This article by Daniels Judi correlates with my topic because it gives statistics on the percentage

of obese Americans in the United States. The report also provides information on how obesity

affects the human body. The article “Obesity: America’s Epidemic” goes in depth explaining who

is considered overweight, obese and morbidly obese with Body Mass Index. The article then

describes in detail how obesity affects the central nervous system and thyroid hormones which

drastically can damage the human body. The report also explains how obesity is the leading

cause of other disease and can radically affect a person’s lifespan.

Lei, Chen, et al. "Deciphering the Relationship between Obesity and Various Diseases from a

Network Perspective." Genes, vol. 8, no. 12, Dec. 2017, pp. 1-19. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.3390/genes8120392.
The article, Deciphering the Relationship between Obesity and Various Diseases from a Network

Perspective by Lie Chen adds an abundance of information for my research. The article goes in

depth the pathological factors obesity has on the human body. The research also shows studies

comparing people with obesity and what diseases they have to show a pattern of obesity and

disease. The results of the analysis show that people that the test subjects that had the obesity

gene (OMIM) in their DNA also have a condition affecting their protein-protein system (PPI)

gene which is how the human body process protein. This research can be used to fight obesity

through a molecular level. This research could also be the reason for new upcoming businesses

that do DNA testing to create a diet plan for clients.

Linshi, Jack. "This Chart Shows How Hard It Is to End Childhood Obesity." Time.Com, 12 Feb.

2015.EBSCOhost,db16.linccweb.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?d

irect=true&db=a9h&AN=100947512&site=ehost-live.

The periodical "This Chart Shows How Hard It Is to End Childhood Obesity." By Jack, Linshi

shows how childhood obesity has not declined in the past few years. This connects to my

semester topic because the periodical shows how difficult it is to overcome obesity. The

periodical “This Chart Shows How Hard It Is to End Childhood Obesity" begins by giving

statistics about Michelle’s Obama the “Let’s Move” campaign and how its efforts have not been

successful from two thousand eight to two thousand fifteenth childhood obesity is still rising.

Mumena, Walaa A., et al. "Rapid Increase of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School-
 Aged Children in the Caribbean; High Initial BMI Is the Most Significant Predictor."

BMC Obesity, vol. 5, 30 Jan. 2018, pp. 1-7. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s40608-018-0182-

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The article "Rapid Increase of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School-Aged Children in

the Caribbean; High Initial BMI Is the Most Significant Predictor" by Walaa Mumena shows an

increase in overweight children in developing countries from six to ten years old. This research

provides excellent data for my semester topic because Mumena collected data for eighteen

months and saw an increase of in the students’ body max index by eight percent. The information

provided by this journal shows that obesity is becoming common all over the world not only in

the United States.

Nadglowski, Joseph. “Obesity Action Coalition.” Obesity Action Coalition Home Comments, 1

Jan. 2005, www.obesityaction.org/.

The organization “Obesity Action Coalition” (OAC) created by Joseph Nadglowski connects with

my semester topic because they are pushing for change and making a difference in the

community. The organization has information on their website on ways to fight obesity and how

fighting obesity will help prevent serious health issues such as heart disease, high blood pressure,

osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer, etc. The organization also provides a way to fight

obesity through legislative action. OAC tries to give people who are trying to change lifestyle by

providing information and challenges to begin their weight loss journey.

Owen, Brynle, et al. "Understanding a Successful Obesity Prevention Initiative in Children under

five from a Systems Perspective." Plos ONE, vol. 13, no. 3, 29 Mar. 2018, pp. 1-10.
 EBSCOhost, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195141.

The article "Understanding a Successful Obesity Prevention Initiative in Children under five from

a Systems Perspective." By Owen, Brynle connects to my semester topic because it gives research

on how obesity has increased in children over the past few years, usually starting at the age of

five. The article provides insight on how early childhood obesity can be prevented through

interventions at schools. Owen explains that the responses will be used to build awareness of the

cause of obesity and how it is detrimental to a person’s longevity to have a balance of exercise

and diet.