Senior Project Online Source 3

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Fast Food Statistics and Obesity in America
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	POV
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Tree.com
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CB	tree.com
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	July, 2010
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	8 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: < http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.tree.com/health/obesity-causes-fast-food.aspx

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

The article states that "people who ate fast food two or more times a week experienced an average weight gain of 10 pounds more than study participants who ate fast food less than once a week" (POV).

The author says that "for children at least, easy access to fast food outlets increased the risk of obesity. A fast food restaurant within a tenth of a mile of a school increased the risk of obesity in ninth graders by 5.2 percent" (POV).

It was suggested that "zoning laws restricting fast food outlets within a set distance of schools could combat childhood obesity in America" (POV).

The author states that fast food is extremely accessible to Americans as restaurants are "in walking distance" or "can be delivered"(POV).

The author came to the conclusion that "people do choose to eat fast food, but it's also true that advertising and convenience make it difficult to avoid fast food--and its effects on obesity in America"(POV).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

 
Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

This website, tree.com, is mainly informative and resourceful. It is not shown who funds this site

 
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

This website is simply informative.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 
I did not find that this article had bias

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
 The author cites all sources for the article which adds to the credibility.

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 Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I will use this source to gather more information regarding the correlation between fast food and obesity.