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Hi. I am not an admin. I just volunteer to help with the semi-protected edit requests like the two you made at Childhood Obesity. There were some problems with the grammar and logic of the edit you requested and that caused me to have a concern about whether you comprehend the sources well enough to correctly summarize the points they make. I'd like to detail the issues I saw in case that is helpful.
In a study done by Delva, Johnson, and O’Malley (2006) showed that overall findings that the prevalence of being overweight and engaging in less healthy behaviors and sedentary activities, like playing video games and computer games, considerably greater among youth from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds and of lower socioeconomic status. Another factor is that the lack of appropriate nutrition and physical activity, and the familial and various other environmental factors that contribute to youths’ nutritional and physical activity choices.
"In a study done by ... showed..." should be "A 2006 study by D, J and O showed" or "In a 2006 study, D, J and O showed..."
"...showed that overall findings that the prevalence..." should simply be "...showed that the prevalence..."
"...the prevalence...considerably greater..." should read "...the prevalence...is considerably greater"
"Another factor is ... nutrition and physical activity, and ..." should be "Other factors are...nutrition and physical activity, and ..."
Even with that change, "other factors are ...various other factors..." suggest a need to reword this sentence.
"...from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds and of lower socioeconomic status." This is where you need to be very careful about what the source says. They might be observing BMI based on race or ethnicity and suggesting the reason or they might somehow be measuring "lower socioeconomic status" as well. Are they saying "minority and poor" or "minority or poor" or "minority because they tend to be poor"?
You mention another paper but do not reference it. Is this second sentence sourced on the other paper?
I would like to add the information on BMI, that even children with a high BMI needs to undergo weight loss. That BMI doesn't specify whether the body mass is consisting of fat or lean tissue.
"... even children with a high BMI needs to undergo weight loss." Generally, a higher BMI means a person is more overweight and needs to lose weight. "Even" suggests the opposite; that this is unexpected.
What is actually being said in the later paragraph is that because BMI does not differentiate between fat and lean tissue, some high BMI children actually have an abundance of lean tissue and do not need to lose weight.
I hope you understand that this is meant to be constructive. Feel free to contact me if you'd like help refining your sentences or confirming your understanding. Regards, Celestra (talk) 18:36, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your constructive input on BMI. What I am trying to provide the article is that you cannot just look at just BMI. Why? Because BMI doesn’t specify whether the body mass is consists of fat of lean tissue. It also does not take in account body type or bone size.[reply]
