“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”
| Do Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
Ex: POV
| The National Bureau of Economic Research |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
Ex: CBC News
| Aging health |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
Ex: CB
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Recent Nber Research News
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Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010
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3 February 2012
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Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
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4 February 2012
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<URL address> (ALL of it)
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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).
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Research has shown that "he share of children age 6 to 19 classified as overweight has more than tripled, from 5 percent to 17 percent, while the share of adults classified as overweight or obese rose from half to two-thirds of the population" ( ).
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It has been proven that "for children, having a fast food restaurant within 0.10 miles of school increases the probability of obesity by 1.7 percentage points, or 5.2 percent" ( ).
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Although it also states that "there is no significant effect of having a restaurant 0.25 or 0.50 miles from the school. The effects of fast food access are larger for girls" ( ).
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In conclusion, the article states "he study suggests that proximity to fast food significantly increases the risk of obesity" ( ).
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It has been shown that "proximity to fast food reduces the costs of fast food, principally travel costs" ( ).
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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?
. Author: POV
The National Bureau of Economic Research funds this site.
The National Bureau of Economic Research 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?
The author benefits from informing the general public about fast food and obesity.
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 does not cite references in the writing which takes away from the credibility of the source.
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Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use this source to get a more general understanding of the statistics of fast food and obesity.
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