Stice, E., Shaw, H., & Marti, C. N. (2006). A meta-analytic review of obesity prevention programs for children and adolescents: The Skinny on interventions that work. Psychological Bulletin, 132(5), 667–691. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.5.667. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876697/This review examines 64 different obesity programs and compares what went well in the programs, what did not go so well, and the outcome overall effectiveness of the program. Of the 64 different programs, only 21% of them were found to have significant effectiveness. It also looked at different variables in the programs and what worked best. For example, better effectiveness has been found in programs aimed at adolescents and adolescents (versus aimed at pre-adolescents). Other factors that seemed important actually sometimes had no effect, such as parental involvement. This source would be helpful in shaping the program and choosing scientifically supported factors to reduce obesity (e.g., targeting adolescents and adolescents rather than preadolescents). Stoxen, C. (2013, October 18d). Obesity in the United States is still an epidemic. Tribune of the Stars. Retrieved from http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/blogs/228347091.htm This is a fairly recent article that discusses the scientific evidence supporting the fact that obesity is actually still on the rise in the United States. It's a short article, but it still contains evidence of the obesity epidemic and how present it is in our society. Something surprising from this article: Even though more information has been released about obesity, there still hasn't been a big change in adult obesity over the past two years. Since this is a recent paper, it is...... half of the paper ...... health, 29(4), 337–342. doi:10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00204.x. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00204.x/pdfThis article examines the effect of the amount of physical activity on weight in children. Overall, their study found that physical activity declined from 1985 to 2001. Children walked less to and from school, as did physical education. But sports participation has increased. Obesity also increased from 1985 to 2001 from 11.7% to 28.7%. Data indicates that physical activity plays a key role in weight, and to reduce obesity, we need to increase the amount of physical activity. This source is useful for our program because it provides basic information on why physical activity is important and why we should implement it into our daily lives.