5) Explore what you already know. Access Leading Issue summaries ("Topic Overview" or "At Issue" Pages) and Timeline (under Research Tools) from the SIRS Leading Issue you have chosen. In 3-5 sentences, summarize the background and historical information of the Leading Issue you selected. Include main controversies, key figures, important organizations, and key events.

Briefly list what you know about your topic already. Consider the following:

• Surprising facts or statistics: Between 1980 and 2000, obesity rates in the US doubled among adults. About 60 million adults, or 30% of the adult population, are now obese.

         72 million Americans are obese; nearly 7 million of these are morbidly obese.

• the extent of the problem: Its a great extent because most of the US individuals in the US are obese.

• important people or institutions involved: Michelle Obama, Andrew Lansley

• key schools of thought: Organization of Nation Assosiation to Advance Fat People.

• common misconceptions: most parents feel that the reason why their child is obese is there fault. individuals can out grow their weight problem.

• observations you've made: People with less than a high school degree have the highest obesity rate. i saw that poeple with higher rate are less likely obese. 
  

• important trends: 

• major controversies: some feel that being obese is a good thing. like the organization.