Source #1: Reliable Website http://www.apa.org/topics/kids-media/food.aspx

This is a website posted by the American Psychological Association I found discussing childhood obesity as well as the impact fast food advertising has on obesity. The main points of this article were that childhood obesity has been on a steady increase, it has become a serious problem, and there are a variety of factors people need to consider when deciding the causes of obesity. This article briefly discusses the effects television ads, internet media, and in school ads have on obesity and the correlation between those ads and the rise in childhood obesity over the years. As the author discusses the topic, he is non biased to a degree. He uses a lot of different facts that support his argument rather than just stating what he believes to be true. In addition, he provides charts and stats that further back up his research. It is clear that the author does lean towards the argument that advertising does have an impact on obesity, but he does a good job of sticking strictly to the information rather than emphasizing his own personal opinion. In addition, I also though there was good organization throughout. The website was easy to navigate, including tabs showing what each tab includes. Also, under each tab the author included a list of bullet points with the information he found. I think this is a smart way of listing information because a lot of times it is easy to wander off when information is just shown in large paragraphs. Although I thought the author did a good job of portraying factual information, I do believe he could have added more information. It took me a total of two minutes to read through the entire length of the whole article. I know that this is a topic that has been well talked about and researched so I do believe it would be possible for the author to have included more information. This could potentially make his argument stronger. I do believe this was a useful website. Despite the things I thought it lacked, I do think it had a lot of credible information. The graphs helped to visually understand what the author was talking about and the overall organization kept me interested in learning what the author had to say. This website strengthened my opinion on this topic and helped me learn more about what I have been researching. This is a pretty good annotation. Make sure you dont use words abbreviations, use the whole word (stats). Also, make sure not to stray too far into personal opinion on the article itself. Otherwise, looks good.

Source #2: Developed Article from a Popular Source http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123973489This is a developed article from a popular source. The popular source is National Public Radio which is very reliable and usually has very informative information. This article is a point-of-view article, NPR has a doctor and a teacher contributing to the topic. The main points they cover are: childhood obesity has become a large issue and fast food advertising for children is the next thing to be eliminated, schools need to work on school lunches and taking unhealthy foods out of vending machines, fast food restaurants need to work on what they are selling and the nutritional value of their food, and obesity is costing America over $150 billion dollars so the smallest thing to do is to eliminate these advertisements for children. The source also covers what Michelle Obama is doing with her new program Lets Move in order to eliminate childhood obesity. I would say that the overall feel of this news cast is not biased. The interviewer asks a doctor and a teacher a variety of questions that are unbiased and allows them to answer based on what they believe. Although their responses are biased, the information they provide is informative. Having a doctor involved in the discussion makes this source even more credible. This source is definitely reliable. NPR is known for informative discussions and knowledgeable people speaking on their radio station. Their intended audience is young to older adults but is made available to anyone on 90.7 FM. This is one of the more credible sources I have found since conducting research. Although the other articles Ive found have also been informative, this one had a lengthy discussion, as well as a variety of sources to back up the argument. The interviewer asked many questions which also helped me expand my knowledge on the topic. Now I feel as though I have other inquiry questions that I could add to my research. This is a very useful article and I am definitely going to use it as a source for my project. Not only does it have a large amount of information, but it also has credible people contributing to it which is very helpful in finding unbiased, informative information. As I was reading it, I started to feel more and more strongly about the topic I originally chose and now I have many more reasons why I feel the way I do about my topic. This one is good too. Very informative, less opinionated. Make sure you watch out for spelling and grammar.

Source #3: The Opposing View Point http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/a-ban-on-junk-food-advertising-will-not-help-reduce-obesity-in-kids-20120205-1qwcg.htmlThis is an article from a known website that goes against the idea that fast food advertising needs to be eliminated for children. This article focuses on banning fast food advertising will not eliminate the issue of obesity. The author talks about instead of banning these ads, start coming up with other ads that focus on encouraging children to exercise. In addition, he says that there also need to be websites teaching parents how to make right eating choices for their children. His main point is that parents have the overall responsibility when it comes to grocery shopping. They allow their children to consume what they purchase, therefore, they should be taught how to make healthy decisions for their children as well as become educated on how to do so. Banning fast food advertisements will only promote economic inequalities and cause more problems between manufacturers and suppliers. The author is definitely biased when speaking on this topic. Very rarely does he use factual information to back up his argument. Instead, the majority of this article is him speaking on what he believes to be true. Although I do agree that he has some important points that people should be taking into consideration, I do not find his research reliable. The pro side of the argument backs up their findings with charts, graphs, data, etc. and this author is unable to do so. The author focuses his argument on the fact that parents and adults need to be changing instead of the media. This makes me think that the intended audience is adults and parents who have children. I do not find this source reliable and useful. I think the author has some valid points, but no information to back up his argument. It would be difficult to include this in my project because I would be writing based on his point of view rather than credible information. This article did, however, open my mind up to other solutions to childhood obesity. I do agree that parents should play a bigger role in the issue since they are the ones allowing their children to consume the food they are consuming. After reading this article, I am still firm on my belief that childhood obesity is linked to fast food advertising and that it does still need to be eliminated. This whole annotation focuses on the fact that you dont think this source is very reliable. If the source is not reliable you should probably not use it. Also, you concluded by stating that after you read the article you were steadfast in your opinion. Again, try not to include your own opinion. Its a good thing that this article may have lead you to ask more questions about your topic but perhaps if the source does not seem reliable, you should not use it. The point of presenting an opposing argument is not to show how the opposing side is wrong, it is simply to present both points for the sake of non-bias for your reader. For your reference I have highlighted a few problem areas.

Source #4: Academic Journalhttp://uncc.worldcat.org/title/receptivity-to-television-fast-food-restaurant-marketing-and-obesity-among-us-youth/oclc/5167988126&referer=brief_resultsThis article is a peer reviewed journal. The authors point of view is for the same argument as mine. He agrees that fast food advertisements need to be banned in order to combat childhood obesity. This article is loaded with information from statistics to charts to different graphic organizers. The author focuses on the information part of the topic rather than his opinion. He speaks about the television advertisements and the correlation they have with obesity. The author also touches on BMI and what the CDC characterizes as obese. Overall, the main point of this article is that there is a lot of data which shows that with the increased amount of television and television advertisements comes a noticeable increase in the amount of obese children in America. The author is surprisingly unbiased in this article. Rather than expressing his beliefs throughout, I found that it is more based on information. Following the lengthy article is a list of a variety of sources that also seem very reliable which tells me this source is credible. I found the information located in the various charts very helpful. These charts are for the most part easy to understand and quality information can be found from them. On the other hand, I thought the actually written part was very confusing and very hard to keep up with. The author uses a lot of words I am unfamiliar with and writes the article strictly with just information. This makes it very difficult to keep up with and stay entertained by. I found myself dozing off, unable to remember what I was actually learning about throughout the article. The purpose of this article was academic and I believe the author did I good job of sticking to that and leaving the bias out of it. I do think I could use parts of this for my project. I would not necessarily use the written part of it to contribute but I do find the charts and statistics to be very helpful to my research. I do think this source was helpful overall. It strengthened my view on the topic in a different way than all my other sources. I found that from this source I was learning a lot about the facts behind it all rather than just the authors bias. This sounds like a good article but, again, try to focus on what was useful about the article, rather than the parts you personally didnt like because if you dont like the article or didnt find it useful, its probably not a good idea to use it or at least include it in your annotation. Other than that, this seems like a good article with a lot of facts and Im sure it will be helpful to you in your research.