1.2 Start with orientation: example

Example: obesity among young people​
Suppose for your assignment you are conducting research into child obesity. What can you research? What are the angles or aspects of the subject?

Below you can see the first outline of a mind map. The main subject is in the red cloud. In yellow global subjects that are related to it, in blue subjects that are related to the yellow content. From there, the mind map can be further developed with any information about the subject that you can imagine.

 

Beeld: Hogeschool Rotterdam, Evalien langhorst

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mind map in this example is far from finished. Much more can be added. For example:

Losing weight, diets, fat shaming, depression, environmental factors, socio-economic factors, income, influencers, biological factors, sleeping patterns, heredity, hormones, cortisol, joint problems, chronic diseases, medication, sports, everyday exercise, the Nutrition Centre, the Ministry of Health... and so on.​

By writing all this down in a mind map you can gain perspective on a subject. In this way you have a visual image of the subjects you may have to deal with.