Technorati search is a very useful search for looking at what different people and organizations have to say about your paper topic. I happened to search Pediatric Obesity which is what I wrote about for my informative paper. It is a topic that I have always been interested in and want to learn more about the causes and solutions.
The article and blog I found was about Penn State researchers taking on the epidemic of pediatric obesity and diabetes. The article was provided by PhysOrg.com a blog about leading web-based science, research and technology news service which covers a full range of topics. These include physics, earth science, medicine, nanotechnology, electronics, space, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics and other sciences and technologies. The article is provided Pennsylvania State University and written by Melissa Beattie-Moss. The blog has been active since March 2004. They publish 100 articles every business day.
From the article I learned that The USDA’s 2010 dietary guidelines report calls the obesity epidemic "the single greatest threat to public health in this century." Type 2 diabetes, one of the major side effects of pediatric obesity, is becoming younger every year. What used to be a disease of grandparents and parents is becoming a disease of children. If something is not done our children will not have the same life expectancy us we have now. At Penn State they are trying to tackle the problem from the molecular aspect to the public health aspect. They have made an online program that will hopefully impact the lives of elementary school children.
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