Select a NUTRIENT and an area of concern (disease state, metabolism. treatment, etc.) in a disease or a special population.
You will be required to
research a nutrition topic of your choice based on the subjects we are
discussing. You must find a research
article on your topic, from an accredited journal (i.e. The Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JADA,
JAMA. The Journal of the American Medical Association or any other medical
journal available the library or on the library’s database. You will submit
the first page of the article with your paper and include a bibliography of
the article read and proper citations when necessary. The final assignment will consist of the
following components. MINIMUM OF 750
WORDs. (USE WORD) include word count
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A summary of your
topic, including issues of concern or what research is being done and why. MUST
BE A HUMAN STUDY
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Include a copy of
the first page of the article, bibliography and citations.
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Write a summary
of the research article including who the subjects were, how many subjects were
involved, what exactly was being studied, the methodology, the results and
conclusion. – IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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Then write your
own conclusion on the topic relating to the research your just read what you
learned. Was it good science? Why? What did you come to believe about the topic?
*Topics must be specific, i.e. not simply “Vitamin A”
but “Vitamin A and Cancer Prevention” or not just “Pediatric Nutrition” but
“Parental Influence of Food Choices of Children.
*** Research articles must have subjects, methods,
experiments and conclusions. It must be
the original research NOT an article a about research. Not all articles in journals are original
research, choose carefully.
**** All citations must be written in APA format
