Find an article that makes a dietary or nutritional claim (e.g. “lose weight while you sleep with ‘x’ diet pill”, “gain muscle fast and with ‘x’ supplement”, “follow this diet plan to detox your body”, “add ‘x’ super vitamin to your diet to prevent illness”).
Write a critique (in point form) on this article. Include the following information:
a.Identify the topic of your article (this is not always the title of the article) and where it was published (i.e. where you found the article). [2 marks].
b.Describe the dietary or nutritional claim made in your article [2 marks].
c.Discuss whether or not this article has the characteristics of valid nutrition information or whether it has the characteristics of nutrition quackery based on the information learned in Chapter 1 [6 marks – 1 mark per characteristic]. (e.g. The claim is “too good to be true”: promises weight loss while you sleep).
Consult Chapter 1 of your textbook for the characteristics to consider:
Reading Nutrition News with an Educated Eye
Controversy 1: Sorting the Imposters from the Real Nutrition Experts
Figure C1-1 Earmarks of Nutrition Quackery
Table C1-3 Is this Site Reliable?
aracteristics of valid nutrition information or whether it has the characteristics of nutrition quackery based on the information learned in Chapter 1 [6 marks – 1 mark per characteristic]. (e.g. The claim is “too good to be true”: promises weight loss while you sleep).
Consult Chapter 1 of your textbook for the characteristics to consider:
Reading Nutrition News with an Educated Eye
Controversy 1: Sorting the Imposters from the Real Nutrition Experts
Figure C1-1 Earmarks of Nutrition Quackery
Table C1-3 Is this Site Reliable?
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