Analyzing Dietary/Nutritional Claims
Find an article that makes a dietary or nutritional claim. (e.g. “lose weight while you sleep with ‘x’ diet pill”, “gain muscle mass fast and easy
with ‘x’ supplement”, “follow this diet plan to detox your body”, “add ‘x’ super vitamin to your diet to prevent illness”). The article can be from an
online magazine, online newspaper or online advertisement. The article is to be from the popular press (directed at consumers) not the scientific
literature.
A copy of the online article must be submitted with your assignment (include a screen shot of the article, a picture of the article or
copy and paste the article into a Microsoft Word document. A weblink to the article does not count) [1 mark].
Write a critique (in point form) about this article. Include the following information:
a. Identify the topic (this is not always the title of the article) of your 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 with direct links to your course readings and specific examples from your article [6 marks – 1 mark per characteristic].
(e.g. The claim is “too good to be true”: the article promises weight loss while you sleep).
Consult your course notes for Unit 1 and the corresponding chapter in your textbook, specifically:
Consumer Corner: Reading Nutrition News with an Educated Eye
Controversy Unit 1: Sorting the Imposters from the Real Nutrition Experts
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