Evaluating Nutrition Resources

Human Nutrition SCI-123

Evaluating Nutrition Resources

100 points possible

For this assignment you are to evaluate the credibility of nutrition resources that you plan to use for your Nutrition Issues Presentation, assigned later in the quarter. This assignment is submitted via a link on Blackboard.

Please use these topics assigned by last name:

Last name beginning A-E: Pros and Cons and Comparison of Flaxseed and Chia Seeds

Last Name F-K: Pros and Cons of Vegan or Vegetarian Diets

Last Name L-P: Pros and Cons of Taking Turmeric Supplements or Eating Turmeric in Foods

Last Name Q-S: Pros and Cons of Drinking Coffee or Tea

Last Name T-Z: Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet

Part 1: (30 points) Please read “How Do You Tell if It’s Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?” in the textbook, Personal Nutrition, on pages 22–27. Refer to the bulleted questions on pages 23-24 you should ask about a research report while finding your articles. Find a total of three (3) credible resource articles. Please use Kendall LibGuides and the Kendall Iva M. Freeman Library for assistance.

1. Locate two credible nutrition articles on the Internet where the audience would be the average consumer. Review the articles and compose a short paragraph about each of these articles stating why you think they are credible.

2. Locate one professional journal article on Google Scholars, Pubmed.gov, or EBSCO Host where the audience could be the consumer or for professionals in that field. Compose a short paragraph about why this article is credible.

3. Be sure to prove why your articles are credible for full credit.

Part 2: (15 points) What did you learn?

1. Throughout your research of this topic you should have come across the term “peer reviewed.” Please define “peer reviewed” and explain to me why a peer reviewed article is reputable. (5 pts)

2. Next, compose a paragraph on what you learned from this assignment about evaluating nutrition and scientific resources NOT about your topic. Include information about using Pubmed.gov, Google Scholars, or EBSCO Host for research. (10 pts)

Part 3: (10 points) The Bibliography

Use proper APA format and create a bibliography of your sources. See *Note below.

Part 4: (25 points) Using Kendall LibGuides and the Kendall Iva M. Freeman Library

1. How did you use the Kendall Library’s Lib Guides to help you find credible articles on your topic? Develop your answer in 2-3 paragraphs and feel free to interview the library staff for a quote.

2. What source did you find the definition of “peer reviewed”? Did you include the source in your bibliography? Why or why not?

3. Copy your entire bibliography here and indicate if you were successful at formatting in proper APA format. How did you use the Kendall LibGuides to help you? Why or why not?

Part 5: (20 points) What is your opinion about the topic you were assigned and have researched? Please develop 2 paragraphs with what you learned about the topic and feel free to use first person in your writing.

* Note*

For example: Online document:

Author’s name, (Date of publication). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from URL.

Why is formatting so important that I will dare to take a point or two off when it’s not followed?

· It demonstrates that you can follow instructions. If you were a hiring manager, you would not want to hire someone who either doesn’t, won’t, or can’t follow directions.

· It provides consistency. Your readers, whether they are your professors, your boss and coworkers, or your clients, won’t have to guess how you organized your ideas.

· It facilitates practice of discipline and adherence to standards. I can’t think of a field that doesn’t have some set of standards, such as how to meet web accessibility issues, provide network security, or maintain HIPAA requirements, or creating a standardized recipe. Learning to stick to standards takes practice.

· It allows you to focus your efforts on content. There are no surprises in how you create a cover page or put the reference list, or bibliography together when you use an established method. Once you are used to the methodology – seriously, it’s not that difficult – you can spend the bulk of your writing time researching and organizing ideas into words.

Fudge, Tamara, (2015). The Importance of Formatting, Kaplan University.

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