1. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19771457581.

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8C8DB55FE6-This article is about the popular book called Nutrition and Diet Therapy"
Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances of the US National Research Council. The author discussed
many different nutrition popular topics and discussions. The author has made good use of diagrams to
describe the role of electrolytes in the control of water balance in the body. The second part of the book is
concerned with community nutrition. Certain myths and fallacies concerning food are expressed and ways
of counteracting food faddism are discussed. The book gives a comprehensive coverage of nutrition, and
the modified nutritional needs required during illness.

2. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2488718?uid=2460338175&uid=2460337935&uid=2
&uid=4&uid=83&uid=63&sid=21104683393911

Survey data consistently find that the majority of consumers say they want and
are willing to pay for nutrition information. The six studies described here
suggest that most consumers neither acquire such information when making a
purchase decision nor comprehend most nutrition information once they receive it

3. http://www.fitness.gov/resource-center/facts-and-statistics/- Here one of the best resources

for communities to off of. This is the government official Presidential guidelines for physical
activity for Americans

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a. http://consumer.healthday.com/encyclopedia/weight-control-39/obesity-health-news-505/what-swrong-with-the-american-diet-644659.html.

This article is about what is wrong with the American diet. It discusses mostly that over
eating calories is one huge factor because Twenty-five years ago, the average American
consumed about 1,850 calories each day. Since then, the daily diet has grown by 304
calories (roughly the equivalent of two cans of soda). That's theoretically enough to add
an extra 31 pounds to each person every year. Judging from the ongoing obesity
epidemic, many Americans are gaining those pounds .

b. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/food-junkie/201308/the-american-diet

This article also discusses the American diet statistically and how obesity and the
typical American diet come into play. The article goes into detail about the American
diet being a main factor of the rise in obesity. People are eating too much of the wrong
things like saturated fats, greasy snacks, not exercising. Another factor is the ability and
drive to eat healthy. Many American have a hard time knowing how to eat right, have
time or effort or affording to eat well is another issue.

c. http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/101/benefits-of-healthy-eating/reduce-yourcalories-reduce-your-risk.aspx.

This article talks about how weight gain can lead to breast cancer for women. The
article talks about one recent study, obese women in their post-childbearing years had a
3.2 times greater chance of breast cancer than women of a healthy weight. The
researchers took into account several other factors that affect breast cancer risk,
including a womans age, age at menopause, family history of breast cancer, and history
of childbearing. Among breast cancer survivors, researchers are beginning to associate
excess weight with an increased risk .of recurrence and mortality, says Colleen Doyle,
MS, RD, director of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society