Biology 1322 Lay Literature Article Essay

A. Read the following case study. B. Locate and read the following article: United States Department of Health and Human Services and United States Department of Agriculture. 2005. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2005/2005DGPolicyDocument.pdf C. Complete the Pre-Case Study assignment individually and submit two weeks prior to

·  What conclusions did the study reach? Are the conclusions appropriate? Why or why not?

2b) The authors provided the reader a lot of information on the topic. Each topic was very well explored. A lot of different information on different but similar studies. The authors seemed very knowledgeable on the topic. This article lacked a few things. A clear research question and a hypothesis. The paragraphs were not clear and consist, I felt that I had to dig to get certain information. The paper was very wordy, which made me have a hard time understanding the substance.

1. How did the Dietary Analysis affect your understanding of your current health? Did you identify any particular habits that may be increasing your risk for chronic diseases?

What was the purpose of this study? (i.e., what question(s) did the authors want to answer?)

1.What two factors did you investigate in your procedure, and why did you choose to compare these two factors?

15. "The Journal of Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition are likely to be sources of reliable nutrition information, because  "

What was the background for the research study? That is, what previous knowledge did the author describe as a foundation for the study in the “review of related literature”?

· The results of the study, the interpretation of the data by the authors and any conclusions they include at the end of the article.

the evolutionary process of humans and their nutritional requirements point to the clear fact that while our nutrition has radically changed since Paleolithic times, our biology really

What search terms did you use to locate this research study to analyze? What database did you use? What was your rationale for selecting this particular study to analyze over the others identified in the search results? What is the full reference for the study in APA format?

Were there any unexpected findings? What did the authors conclude? What did the results mean, and what are their implications?

Who is the primary audience for the article? Why? (Give reasons for your answer, providing clear evidence from article). Avoid giving multiple answers.

Throughout this course I have learned many things about research at an introductory level. Research is a critical part of all of our lives in many ways. God blesses each of us with a degree of common sense and we all learn from observing others even as babies, we learned behaviors and skills by observing our parents. Walking through experiences throughout life teach us a lot we need to know as well but sometimes we have to take a better approach when we need to learn about certain things. Many of us know that what works in some situations or with certain individuals doesn’t always work or is the safest option for another situation. Controlled and precisely organized study allows scientists to compare and examine contrasting methods and concepts, also helps them to discover various approaches and be able to learn from individual’s behaviors and experiences. I will act as the case study throughout this paper in order to observe what I have learned about.

A. Plan of the investigation............................................................................................2 B. Summary of Evidence...............................................................................................2 C. Evaluation of sources ................................................................................................6 D. Analysis.....................................................................................................................9 E. Conclusion...............................................................................................................11