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HealthCMi. “Obama's Weight Loss Program & Health Reform.” HealthCMi CEUs, 20 June 2020, www.healthcmi.com/Nursing-News-and-Information/241-michelleobamaweightlossprogram99924.

This article is talking about the program launched by michelle obama that is focused on educating parents and schools about affordable yet healthy food options along with exercise options and ways to change in school feeding. The launch of this program resulted in vendors to be required to put nutrition facts on snacks sold. The program was put into motion due to “approximately 30% of children in the united states being overweight and doubling in rate since 1980.” Officials expect one third of children to suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease which is the leading cause of death in america. The health reform law sees obesity reduction as a way to reduce illness in america.

“The Emotional Toll of Obesity.” HealthyChildren.org, www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/The-Emotional-Toll-of-Obesity.aspx#:~:text=The%20Emotional%20Toll%20of%20Obesity%201%20Social%20Stigma.,...%204%20Emotional%20Eating.%20...%205%20Discrimination.%20.

This article is talking about the mental effects that come with obesity. It is talking about life through the lens of a child that is obease. It addresses the myth that bigger people are happy to be big but in a society that favors being slim it makes it hard for an obease person to accept their bodies. The article talks about the social stigmas that come with being obease and how heartbreaking they can be for a child that is obease. It talks about how obease people feel as if they don't belong anywhere and how that leads to depression. The article also addresses emotional eating.

Spurlock, Morgan, et al. “Super Size Me Summary.” GradeSaver, www.gradesaver.com/super-size-me/study-guide/summary.

This article is about the film's super size. In the film supersize it a man does and experiment where he places himself on a diet of strictly mcdonalds foods. Although this is and experiment this option of only having Mcdonalds is a real reality for a lot of people and families in america. A Lot of families don't have enough money to afford the healthier options of food that is needed to sustain a healthy diet. In the first 5 days of the experiment the test subject managed to gain 5 pounds. Along with those pounds his enthusiastic energy faded to more of lethargic manner his girlfriend reported that he began to remove himself from his life not being and energetic as he once was and she thought that he was slipping into a sort of depression. The subject also reported stomach pains along with other health issues.