ENGL 202
September 22, 2012
Annotated Bibliographies
Article
Roosevelt, Max. "When The Gym Isn't Enough." Nytime.com. N.p., 13 Jan. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/health/nutrition/14fitness.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>.
Summary
This article is about 20-year-old sophomore at university of South Carolina who spent thousand of dollars on supplements and also gives many examples from doctors and nutritionist the affects of supplements and which ones are good for your body. These powered and pill supplements are making billions of dollars such as muscle milk, amplified mass xxx and N.O-explode and more. In the article though it describes that most of these supplements are not tested by the food and …show more content…
It talks about how college years are face with consuming healthy and unhealthy foods researchers say that a typical college student eats a poor diet that’s high in fats, sodium, and sugar. Not only do most college students eat unhealthy but also they are prone to using unhealthy alternatives such as diet pills, laxatives, or self-induced vomiting. In 2008 NCHA stated that stress is number 1 reported health impediment and stress is associated with greater energy consumption that makes college students eat these high in fat food because it gives you overall more energy dense. It also talks about people with inaccurate weight perceptions are more significant to engage in inappropriate weight management …show more content…
"The College Experience: Physical Activity, Nutrition, And Implications For Intervention And Future Research." Journal Of Exercise Physiology Online 12.1 (2009): 23-35. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 22 Sept. 2013.
Summary
The article starts out with talking about how obesity the United States has become and the increasing of physical activity and health dieting will help the reduce of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases when getting older. The article also describes about the freshmen 15 that is caused by eating junk food and lack of physical activity. The article also states that many college students do workout but are exercising at a lower intensity and duration.
Connection
This related to my research in the fact of fitness associated with college students and how food you eat in college is mostly junk food. The article is also related to my research about how fitness helps reduce diabetes and other health issues.
Knowledge Gap
The author states the issues of not getting physical activity can cause many diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases when getting older. The only thing is the author talks more about the freshman 15 and I am concern more about junior and seniors but can benefit me when talking about college students health related issues if they lack in physical