Annotated Bibliography Harvard School of Public Health. (2013). Globalization. Retrieved from https://www.hsph.harvard.

edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/globalizationand-obesity/ This nonperiodical webpages main point is to emphasize the rapid growth of obese children in countries all around the world. The webpage lists several health conditions caused by obesity and details the phenomenon of childhood obesity. The webpage is relevant to the discussion of childhood obesity around the world since it explores its consequences on the five continents. Hill, Kate. (2013). Australia's overweight kids can learn from French, research shows. ABC South East SA. Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/10/15/3869564.htm?site=southeastsa This newspaper article reports a study done by a Canadian researcher on the eating habits of Australian children. The purpose of the article was to outline the findings of the research and to emphasize the responsibility of the education system in encouraging bad eating habits. This report is relevant to the discussion of childhood obesity since it unveils the causes of obesity in another country. Lee, A., Ho, M. M., & Keung, V. W. (2011). Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Among Chinese Children and Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions. International Journal Of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2Part2), e252-e256. doi:10.3109/17477166.2011.575150 The main point of the scholarly article is to analyze the spreading of childhood obesity to less populated cities in China. The means used to test this hypothesis were explain throughout the article, detailing the methods, technics and equipment required to conduct

the study. The article is important to the community problem since it suggest that childhood obesity is not limited of the United State of even to North America, it is a worldwide phenomenon. Rossouw, H. A., Grant, C. C., & Viljoen, M. (2012). Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: The South African problem. South African Journal Of Science, 108(5/6), 1-7. doi:10.4102/sajs.v108i5/6.907 This academic article as for purpose to demonstrate the increase of childhood obesity in developing countries, such as South Africa. The article states that forty-three million children under the age of five are overweight around the world and that thirty five million of those children are from developing countries. This information is relevant to the discussion of childhood obesity since developing countries seems to be where the growth rate of childhood obesity is the fastest. World Health Organization. (2013). WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI). Retrieved from http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/diseaseprevention/nutrition/activities/monitoring-and-surveillance/who-european-childhoodobesity-surveillance-initiative-cosi The World Health Organizations webpage is an informative text, which conveys information on the actions taken by the organization to track the development of childhood obesity throughout twenty-one countries in Europe. The page contains the last data on childhood obesity collected by the WHO and the methods used to get those results. The fact that twenty-one European countries felt the need to put in place an international committee to monitor childhood obesity shows the importance of including, not only the United States, but other countries into the discussion.