Junior Theme pt 2

        So week 2 of Junior theme was pretty successful for me. After researching and reading articles, I formulated a thesis statement. However, I still think it will change a lot before our final paper is due. I thought the class where Mr. Bolos explained the thesis like a bunch of meat hooks was really helpful. After that, I focused on writing about the most important / relevant reasons to my question (Why is America the most obese country in the world?)
         Interviews. I googled "obesity experts" and found this great website http://www.obesityinamerica.org/obesityExperts/ . The website gave an email and said that it would be great to email it if I had any more questions about obesity. So I did! He emailed back promptly, but unfortuneatly was not an obesity expert. This threw me off a bit because it said on the website "If you are interested in speaking to one of our experts, please contact Arlyn Riskind at (301) 941-0240 or ariskind@endo-society.org." In my email I asked if I could speak with an expert, but he responded back saying that experts were only allowed to speak with media and press. He gave me very helpful resources which was great. He also said to contact a pediatriction or doctor that knows about obesity well.
        After that, I went on twitter and searched #obesity. I found out that there was a live video chat on the New Haven Register with Dr. Katz, an obesity specialist. The chat was really helpful and I emailed Dr. Katz with more questions and he happily answered. I know that it wasn't a face to face or phone interview, but I thought it really gave me good information for my paper. However, I am still thinking about contacting the author of my book to interview him. What do you guys think?
     

Junior Theme pt 1

Hi y'all AISers, so I haven't posted any updates on my Junior Theme yet. Yikes! Here's a summary of week one (way back when). After spring break, I finally decided on my topic, obesity in America. I've always wanted to learn more about obesity and I think now is a great time! I came up with a why question: Why is America the most obese country in the world? But it has been changed a couple times to: Why are obesity rates moving up so quickly? After getting a bunch of articles and background info on obesity I decided to focus on how Americans over eat and under exercise. I found a couple good books at NT with the help of the librarians, but decided to go with Fatland: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser. Now, I'm almost done with the book and it has been very helpful in the research process. Well, that was pretty much the start. Tomorrow I'll post about my interviews and thesis statement(s)!