Assignment:
Choose a nutrition-related claim to critique. The claim can come from a popular magazine,newspaper, website, book, documentary, video, social media page, product label or advertisement. The claim can be related to any popular diet, supplement, food, ingredient, or eating strategy as it relates to any aspect of health, fitness, wellness, or performance. To receive full credit, please choose a claim (from one of the above sources) that cites some supporting "research" and contains enough information to do a thoughtful critique.
Write a 2 to 3 page, typed, double-spaced paper (12 pt. font with 1" margins) in which you thoroughly answer the 3 questions below and include your references (in either MLA or APA citation format) at the end. NOTE: Your citations should include your nutrition claim source, as
well as 2 additional scientific research references (from peer-reviewed journals or credible government/professional organizations) that either support or refute the claim .
Please proof-read your paper for correct grammar/spelling.
1. What is the nutrition claim being made and how trustworthy is the source?
• Who is the author/person making the claim? Do this person's credentials, work affiliations, education, and experience provide you with confidence that they are a credible and unbiased source of nutrition information?
• Where is the claim published? Is this a reliable source of nutrition information? Who paid for the publication? Is there any conflict of interest or potential sources of bias?
2. How good is the "research" supporting the claim?
• Is it anecdotal/testimonials or actual research published in peer-reviewed journals?
• How strong is the study design (observational vs. intervention; randomized, doubleblind, placebo-controlled)? Any confounding factors that may affect the study's results?
• Who were the subjects, how many subjects were used, what was the study duration?
NOTE: If any of the above details are not provided by the claim's source and therefore unknown to you, that weakens the claim's credibility - be sure to state that in your paper!
3. What is your overall evaluation of the nutrition claim? Is the claim put in proper perspective and presented in a responsible manner?
• Any mention to how many studies support vs. reject the claim?
• Any warning about adverse side effects or risks?
• Any acknowledgement of other factors that have a more significant impact on health, fitness, wellness, and performance than the one being mentioned in the claim?
NOTE: Please use 2 scientific research references (from peer-reviewed journals or government/professional organizations) to give your overall evaluation about the claim.
Find a claim from google or newspaper or digital journal. for example is diet soda cause cancer?
So the purpose of this paper is not to summarize the article or summarize the claim, but to critique it. You are being a critical critique or evaluator of who is making the claim and the quality of the evidence to support the claim. the first step is to pick your topic and find either an advertisement, newspaper article, or a documentary that's making a claim and that is going to be your topic. first, there are three paragraphs basically that you're going to be writing about in your critique your evaluation of this claim that you've chosen.
The first thing is you're going to evaluate the source, who is making the claim( who is the author, who is making this claim, and why or why not are edible. Why, or why not, are they unbiased why or why not, should you believe them.)(are they nutrition or registered dietitian? there is a big difference between someone who calls themselves a nutritionist versus someone who is a registered dietitian.) another thing you want to always look for is, is there any conflict of interest, this is really important, what does that mean it means are they trying to sell you something. You also when evaluating your source will look at where the claim is published. ( if it is from peer reviewed professional scientific journal it would be a very credible source)
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In the second paragraph, you are going to evaluate the research behind the claim. (testimonials, anecdotal, or before/after pictures for example) on the other hand, you're going to be looking to see if there was good quality research cited in the claim or not. are they: 1-Epidemiological / Observational Studies or 2- Intervention / Experimental Studies ? ( how many subjects they used? was it just based on a sample size of five people or did they do a study with thousands of people? And how long and who were the subject of the study?)
In the last paragraph you're going to do some actual search in the library that means going into the library databases and finding 2 peer-reviewed Research articles on your subject and that's going to help you make the final evaluation about is the claim that you found on Google:
•How many studies show a positive vs. negative or "null" effect?
•Any warning about adverse side effects/risks? For example, if there are any negative effects or risks of taking that product?!
•Is the effective "dose" the same as what's commonly consumed in a food or supplement? Something else to consider is the dose that was used in research studies, the same as what's consumed in food and supplements?
Any acknowledgment of other factors that have a more significant impact on the outcome than the one being studied?
Does the author put things in perspective and give both sides that are being responsible.
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