Critical Thinking Skill - Childhood Obesity in Usa

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DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS ASSIGNMENT

Table of Contents

1) 1.0 Articles of Childhood Obesity………….....………………………………………3-11

1.0.1 Article 1: Childhood Obesity……………………………………………..……3-7

1.0.2 Article 2: A Big Problem…………..………………………………………….8-11

2) 1.1 Introduction……………………………………………………..……………………12

3) 1.2 Summary of Articles……………………………………………………………...13-14

1.2.1 Summary of article 1: Childhood obesity…………………………………...…13

1.2.2 Summary of article 2: A big problem………………………………………….14

4) 1.3 Critical Review……………………………………………………………………15-18

1.3.1 Similarities between both articles……………………………………………….15

1.3.2 Differences between both articles……………………………………………….15

1.3.3 Weakness argument……………………………………………………………..16

1.3.4 Strength arguments……………………………………………………………...16

1.3.5 Agreement with points of authors……………………………………………….17

1.3.6 Disagreement with point of author……………………………………………...18

5) 1.4 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………19

6) 1.5 References…………………………………………………………………………….20

1.0 Articles of Childhood Obesity

1.0.1 Article 1:

Childhood Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, 2015

An August 2003 lawsuit filed by the parents of two teenage girls claimed that McDonald’s was deceptive regarding the effects of their food and should therefore be held responsible for the girls’ health problems, which included obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and heart disease. Although Judge Robert Sweet ruled in favor of McDonald’s, stating that the plaintiffs failed to show that the products consumed were “dangerous in any way other than that which was open and obvious to a reasonable consumer,” the lawsuit raised the question: Who is responsible for childhood obesity?