Annotated Bibliography and Evaluation of Sources

Topic: Obesity and academics

CATCH, P. &. (2009, march 09). CATCH. Retrieved from Middle school activity break:
http://catchtexasmiddleschool.org/documents/resourcedownloads/msresources/bestpractic
edocs/MS_CIK_ActivityBreaks.pdf

Recent studies in Texas have found a correlation between physically fit students and
academic achievement. In particular, results from FITNESSGRAM tests and PASS & CATCH
have shown that students who are physically fit are more likely to do well on standardized tests.
Based on the evidence that students learn better when they are physically fit, they have provided
a list of activity breaks for use in and outside of the classroom. Activity breaks are classroom-
based physical activities that can incorporate subject content and allow students to be physically
active while learning.

Source type: Online Article
Location: Internet (Google search in class activities)
Current? Created on March 9, 2009
Credible? CATCH Programs have guided kids on how to be healthy for a lifetime and it
is now the #1 health promotion and childhood obesity prevention program
available
Value: Use their steps on how to create a safe environment in the classroom, and some of
the activities they listed.

CDC. (2014, February 27). Adolescent and school health. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from cdc.gov:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm

This website gives all the background information on obesity. They state multiple facts
about obesity, then go into the short term and long term affects obesity has on a person.
Last thing they go over are how to prevent obesity.

Source type: Online Article
Location: Internet (Google search obesity)
Current? Page was last updated on February 27, 2014
Credible? It is a .gov website and it also has multiple references at the bottom of the page
Value: We used a couple of facts that they stated on this website to add to our paper.

Fuel Up to Play 60, L. (2013). Play 60. Retrieved from In School Activities:
http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/view.php?id=15749467

This webpage is just a list of 30 different in class activity breaks teachers can use in their
classrooms. These activities only take up to 5 minutes.

Source type: Webpage
Location: Internet (Google search activity breaks)
Credible? One of the biggest organization for getting kids physical activity everyday
Value: I took different in class activities teachers can use and put them into my paper of
how they could use them.

Lin, J. (2012). Childhood obesity linked to poorer academic performance. Bay citizen, 1.
Retrieved from: https://www.baycitizen.org/news/health/study-links-childhood-obesity-
poorer/
This article goes over how social acceptance affects peoples scores. They talk about how
anxiety can affect the way they students feel about answering questions or the participation in
class by those students, and how all this can affect test scores.
Source type: Journal Article
Location: Internet (Google search obesity and poor academics)
Current? Published in June14, 2012
Credible? Joanna Lin is an investigative reporter focusing on K-12 education for
California Watch and the Center for Investigative Reporting. She also reported for the
Los Angeles Daily Journal and Los Angeles Times, where she covered breaking news,
religion and legal affairs for the Metro and National desks. Joanna is a San Francisco Bay
Area native and graduate of the University of Southern California.
Value: How being obese is not the main problem of academic performance, it is the
social aspect that comes along with it

Loriggio, P. (2012, september 11). thestar.com. Retrieved from LIFE:
http://www.thestar.com/life/2012/09/11/6_tips_to_keep_kids_active_after_school_starts.
html
This article is talks about how to keep kids active after school. It is for parents to read and have
an idea of things to do with their kids to keep them active and happy. It gives some facts on obesity and
the troubles of kids after school and what after school activities can do for them.
Source type: Online Article
Location: Internet (Google search after school activities for kids)
Current? September 11, 2012
Credible? It is a Newspaper article in Canada
Value: Used this article to communicate with the principal about how important it is to
have a after school activities for the kids and the parents

Poon, L. (2014). Obesity Linked To Lower Grades Among Teen Girls.
Retrieved from: http://www.gpb.org/news/2014/03/12/obesity-linked-to-lower-grades-
among-teen-girls

Now researchers at the Universities of Dundee, Strathclyde, Georgia and Bristol say that
not only does obesity affect a child's overall health, but it may also lead to poorer school
performance among teenage girls. Among boys, the link is less apparent.
Source type: Journal Article
Location: Internet (Google search obesity and academics)
Current? March 12, 2014
Credible? It is a .org website and has a copywriter by NPR
Value: Show the difference in obese kids in academics between boys and girls to show
some other point view.

Story, M., Kaphingst, K. K., & French, S. (2006). The Role of Schools in Obesity Prevention.
Childhood Obesity, 11.Retrieved from:
http://futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=36&articleid=98&
sectionid=607
This article covers everything that has to do with obesity in schools and how to prevent it. With
better school lunches, more physical activity, and better school health services and curriculum.
This article goes into detail of things to change and what can be done to help prevent obesity in
the school system.
Source type: Journal Article
Location: Internet (Google search obesity effect on grades)
Current? Was last updated February 11, 2013
Credible? Story is a Professor of Division of Epidemiology and Community Health,
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota and a Director for The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Healthy Eating Research Program. She also has to other
articles on obesity prevention.
Value: We use a study that was shown on kindergartens to prove that healthy kids test
better in math and reading than obese kids. Also this persists until 5
th
grade.

Martinez, J. (2012, February 28). Obesity tied to students' missing school, study finds.
Retrieved from: http://www.oncentral.org/news/2012/02/28/obesity-tied-students-
missing-school-study-finds/
This article goes over why students miss school and studys that prove that obese kids
miss more school which will overall affect their academic performance.
Source type: Journal Article
Location: Internet (Google search academic performance in obese kids)
Current? Article was written February 28, 2012
Credible? It is a .org website and the author sites his sources as he goes along in his
article
Value: Used the research in our paper that shows that overweight kids miss double the
amount of school as healthy kids and obese kids are quadruple the amount to not come to
school