Many people feel that parents of obese children should be held accountable for their childrens

obesity because they are responsible for their proper nutrition, sleep, and exercise. This topic is
debatable by many because there are medical conditions that can cause obesity. In my research
paper I will explain the importance of the role parents play in their childs life regarding their
health.
Ellin, Abby. Teenage Waistland. New York: PublicAffairs 2005. Print. This book is about a
woman that was obese as a child and she explains the right and wrong things parents can
do for their obese child. This book has a lot of very imformative and useful information
Especially coming in first hand with the author.
Grube, Matthias, et al. Obese ParentsObese Children? Psychological-Psychiatric Risk Factors
Of Parental Behavior And Experience For The Development Of Obesity In Children
Aged 0-3: Study Protocol. BMC Public Health 13.(2013): 1193. MEDLINE with Full
Text. Web. 1 Nov. 2014. This article is about a study to determine the relationship
between child obesity and parental obesity. Although this article claims that a high
percentage of obesity is genetic it still focuses on parenting skills of the obese child.
Matthias Grube is practiced in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Nutrition and Dietetics. He has
been the author of hundreds of scholarly research. He writes many journals for all type of
research and credible websites and newsletters. He is a senior physicians with a lot of
research. Grube is a graduate of University of Leipzig, Germany.

Lang, Kelly R. Parents Of Obese Children And Charges Of Child Abuse: What Is Our
Response?. Pediatric Nursing 38.6 (2012): 337-340. Academic Search Complete. Web.
1 Nov. 2014. This article is about the reasons for and against parents of obese

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being charged with child abuse and the children being removed from the home. It

suggest

that it is unfair to solely blame the parents when society in general has played a

role in obesity.
Hoffman, Jan. Parents Denial Fuels Childhood Obesity Epidemic. The New York Times 16
June 2015:D1
Ogden, Cynthia L. Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States 20112012. JAMA. Web 26 February 2014. <http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?
articleid=1832542#ArticleInformation>
The CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood Obesity Facts. 3 September
2014. Web 19 June 2015. <http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood/html>
There are close to 500 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per
month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information.
HBO Documentary Films and The Institute of Medicine; in association with the CDC [and
other]; producer, Sarah Teale; HBO, The Weight of The Nation.[New York]: Burbank,
CA: HBO Home Box Office; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2012. Print. An
Emmy-nominated HBO Documentary Films series on obesity, The Weight of the Nation,
premiered in May 2012. The four-part series Consequences, Choices, Children in Crisis, and
Challenges highlighted several NIH research advances and addressed the factors contributing
to the countrys obesity problem. In May 2013, HBO will air three films for youth and their
families entitled The Weight of the Nation for Kids. This was awarded innovates award from

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. This movie views the lives of so many different
individuals young and old struggling with obesity, diabetes, family, diseases, emotions and so
much more. Such a great film and an incredibly amount of knowledge.