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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SAMPLE MID-TERM TEST
Writing AE2
Task 1: Identify 6 cases of non-academic language in the text below and edit them to make an academic text. In the box below, write the original words/phrases in the left hand column and your editions in the right-hand column. You have an example. (30 pts)
CAN MEDICATION CURE OBESITY IN CHILDREN?
A Review of the Literature
In March 2004, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona called attention to a health problem in the United States that, until recently, we have overlooked: childhood obesity. Carmona highlighted that the “astounding” 15% child obesity rate constitutes an “epidemic.” Since the early ‘80s, that rate has “doubled in children and tripled in adolescents.” Now more than nine million children are classified as obese. While the traditional response to a medical epidemic is to hunt for a vaccine or a cure-all pill, childhood obesity has proven more elusive. Lacking success of recent initiatives suggests that medication mightn’t be the answer for the escalating problem. In this literature review, I will consider whether the use of medication is a promising approach for solving the childhood obesity problem by responding to the following questions:
1. What are the implications of childhood obesity?
2. Is medication effective at treating childhood obesity?
3. Is medication safe for children?
4. Is medication the best solution?
Understanding the limitations of medical treatments for children highlights the complexity of the childhood obesity problem in the United States and underscores the need for physicians, advocacy groups, and policymakers to search for other solutions.
What Are the Implications of Childhood Obesity?
Obesity can be a devastating problem from both an individual and a societal perspective. Children are put at risk by obesity for a number of medical complications, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension,
SAMPLE MID-TERM TEST
Writing AE2
Task 1: Identify 6 cases of non-academic language in the text below and edit them to make an academic text. In the box below, write the original words/phrases in the left hand column and your editions in the right-hand column. You have an example. (30 pts)
CAN MEDICATION CURE OBESITY IN CHILDREN?
A Review of the Literature
In March 2004, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona called attention to a health problem in the United States that, until recently, we have overlooked: childhood obesity. Carmona highlighted that the “astounding” 15% child obesity rate constitutes an “epidemic.” Since the early ‘80s, that rate has “doubled in children and tripled in adolescents.” Now more than nine million children are classified as obese. While the traditional response to a medical epidemic is to hunt for a vaccine or a cure-all pill, childhood obesity has proven more elusive. Lacking success of recent initiatives suggests that medication mightn’t be the answer for the escalating problem. In this literature review, I will consider whether the use of medication is a promising approach for solving the childhood obesity problem by responding to the following questions:
1. What are the implications of childhood obesity?
2. Is medication effective at treating childhood obesity?
3. Is medication safe for children?
4. Is medication the best solution?
Understanding the limitations of medical treatments for children highlights the complexity of the childhood obesity problem in the United States and underscores the need for physicians, advocacy groups, and policymakers to search for other solutions.
What Are the Implications of Childhood Obesity?
Obesity can be a devastating problem from both an individual and a societal perspective. Children are put at risk by obesity for a number of medical complications, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension,