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There is growing evidence that dietary fiber can help prevent many diseases, from high blood pressure to heart disease, and possibly even cancer. For this week's Assignment, you will be reading through some of the research that discusses fiber’s role in preventing these diseases.
Assignment Instructions:
Your Assignment this week is to research one peer-reviewed journal article from the University Library providing scientific evidence that fiber helps prevent disease. Review the article and answer each of the questions in the Assignment template . A scoring guide, and sample paper is available in Course Documents to guide you.
What is the title and source of the article? Use APA format for the reference.
1. Name the disease or diseases mentioned in the article.
2. What types of fibers and foods are mentioned in the article?
3. Name and describe the people/population groups used in the research studies mentioned in the article.
4. According to the article, what are the findings related to fiber and disease prevention?
5. Which findings related to fiber and disease prevention have strong supporting evidence?
6. Which findings related to fiber and disease prevention have less certain evidence? What makes the evidence uncertain?
7. Thinking about your own diet, what changes could you make to your own dietary habits to increase the amount of fiber you eat? Identify at least two specific foods you can add to your diet to improve your fiber intake.
Additional Assignment Information
1. You will need to use a peer-reviewed journal article and not information from an open content website such as WikipediaTM.
2. You will be graded on your ability to summarize the information as well as your ability to defend your responses with empirically based data.
3. Your response should be no less than 500 words (not including the words in the summary template) and written in complete sentences.
4. Make sure to include an APA formatted reference.
5. Please refer to the template, scoring guide, and sample paper in Course Documents to guide you.
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Performance Elements |
Points |
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Article Summary |
Earned |
Possible |
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Article title/reference |
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2 |
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Names the disease(s) mentioned in the article |
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2 |
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Identifies the types of fiber and/or food mentioned in the article (at least one sentence) |
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3
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Names and describes the people/population mentioned in regards to the research that the article refers to (at least one sentence) |
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3
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Summarizes the evidence for the role of fiber in preventing diseases from the article (at least two sentences) |
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6 |
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Identifies findings that have the strongest evidence (at least two sentences) |
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6 |
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Identifies which findings have less evidence (at least two sentences) |
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6
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Discusses changes that can be made to student’s personal diet (at least two sentences) |
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6 |
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Identifies two specific foods that will increase fiber intake (1 point for each food) |
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2 |
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Section points |
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36 |
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Mechanics |
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Minimal spelling or grammatical errors |
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2 |
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Meets minimum length requirements |
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1 |
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References are in APA format |
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1 |
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Section points |
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4 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
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40 |